Energy Mechanics · NG · Consumption by end use

Who burns the gas
and when

CONSUMPTION · BCF/D
RELEASE · EIA NGM · TABLE 2
VINTAGE · —
NEXT NGW · —
FOUR END-USE SECTORS
STATUS · LOADING
U.S. natural gas demand splits cleanly into four sectors. Electric power is the largest by annual volume — gas turbines now generate ~43% of U.S. electricity. Industrial is the steadiest: petrochemical crackers, ammonia plants, steel, glass. Residential & commercial is the most weather-sensitive — winter peak can hit ~50 bcf/d, summer trough ~10. Vehicle & lease is small but covers pipeline-compressor fuel and CNG fleets.
Electric power Industrial Residential / Commercial Vehicle / lease / other
END USE · BCF/D CHARACTER & DRIVERS Electric power — CCGT + PEAKERS · DISPLACING COAL Summer cooling peak. Data center growth structurally rising. Industrial — PETROCHEM · FERTILIZER · STEEL · GLASS Steady year-round. Gulf Coast petrochem complex anchors. Residential & Commercial — HEATING · COOKING · HOT WATER Winter peak ~50 bcf/d, summer trough ~10. HDD-driven. Vehicle & lease & other — CNG · LEASE FUEL · PIPELINE COMPRESSOR Mostly pipeline self-consumption. Small, steady. SEASONAL CYCLE · TODAY — — Σ SECTORS = — bcf/d vs. national supply — bcf/d residual flows to storage or exports
Electric power burn
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— of demand
Industrial
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— of demand
Residential/Commercial
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— of demand · highly seasonal
Total demand
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bcf/d · all sectors
SOURCE · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly (Table 2, consumption by end use). Sector volumes for residential, commercial, industrial, electric power, and vehicle/lease/other are reported monthly with a 1–2 month lag. Seasonal cycle phase is computed from the current vintage week-of-year — December through February sit on the winter heating peak; July through September on the summer cooling peak. Until per-sector series are live in update_data.py, the bar values are a recent average split of the live national consumption total.
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