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Which state makes the most natural-gas power? 🔥

1Guess
Which states make the most electricity from natural gas in a year? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Pennsylvania — all that shale gas!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Texas again! About 1.43× as much gas power as #2 Florida — Texas sits right on top of enormous gas fields.
    📚 Background Texas wins again, making about 1.4× as much gas power as #2 Florida. Texas sits on top of enormous gas fields, and Florida — with little fuel of its own — pipes gas in to feed many of its power plants. (U.S. EIA, electricity data)
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    I bet… Pennsylvania — all that shale gas!
    3Compare
    Natural-gas power generated (billion kWh, by state, 2024)
    Texas #1 293.2 billion kWh
    Highest: Texas (293.2 billion kWh); lowest shown here: Nebraska (1.4 billion kWh).

    Note: net electricity from natural gas, in billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) — 2024, U.S. EIA. Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of natural-gas power are shown.

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    : 2024
    U.S. EIA: net generation from natural gas by state, 2024 (2026-07-26) — Official published values (the committed raw file holds EIA's megawatt-hour value for every generating state; the display converts to billion kWh).
    ↳ On eia.gov/electricity/data/state, open 'Annual generation by state and energy source', filter YEAR 2024, TYPE OF PRODUCER 'Total Electric Power Industry', ENERGY SOURCE 'Natural Gas'.