Which state makes the most natural-gas power?
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Which states make the most electricity from natural gas in a year? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… Pennsylvania — all that shale gas!
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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) (opens in a new tab)
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Natural-gas power generated (billion kWh, by state, 2024)
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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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | 293.2 billion kWh |
| #2 | Florida | 204.5 billion kWh |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | 143.9 billion kWh |
| #4 | California | 86.7 billion kWh |
| #5 | Ohio | 85.1 billion kWh |
| #6 | Louisiana | 75.3 billion kWh |
| #7 | Alabama | 64.6 billion kWh |
| #8 | New York | 62.3 billion kWh |
| #9 | Virginia | 61 billion kWh |
| #10 | Mississippi | 60 billion kWh |
| #11 | Georgia | 56.9 billion kWh |
| #12 | Michigan | 55.7 billion kWh |
| #13 | North Carolina | 55.5 billion kWh |
| #14 | Arizona | 55.1 billion kWh |
| #15 | Oklahoma | 47.7 billion kWh |
| #16 | Indiana | 39.9 billion kWh |
| #17 | Illinois | 30.1 billion kWh |
| #18 | New Jersey | 29.6 billion kWh |
| #19 | Wisconsin | 26.2 billion kWh |
| #20 | Connecticut | 26 billion kWh |
| #21 | Nevada | 25 billion kWh |
| #22 | Oregon | 24.9 billion kWh |
| #23 | Arkansas | 24.7 billion kWh |
| #24 | South Carolina | 22.8 billion kWh |
| #25 | Washington | 18.1 billion kWh |
| #26 | Colorado | 17.9 billion kWh |
| #27 | Kentucky | 17.3 billion kWh |
| #28 | Tennessee | 16.5 billion kWh |
| #29 | Massachusetts | 16.2 billion kWh |
| #30 | Minnesota | 15.9 billion kWh |
| #31 | Maryland | 13.9 billion kWh |
| #32 | New Mexico | 11.6 billion kWh |
| #32 | Utah | 11.6 billion kWh |
| #34 | Iowa | 9.8 billion kWh |
| #35 | Missouri | 9.1 billion kWh |
| #36 | Rhode Island | 8.8 billion kWh |
| #37 | Maine | 6.4 billion kWh |
| #38 | Idaho | 6.3 billion kWh |
| #39 | Wyoming | 5.4 billion kWh |
| #40 | Kansas | 5.3 billion kWh |
| #41 | New Hampshire | 4.4 billion kWh |
| #42 | Delaware | 4.2 billion kWh |
| #43 | West Virginia | 3.8 billion kWh |
| #44 | Alaska | 3.1 billion kWh |
| #45 | North Dakota | 2.4 billion kWh |
| #46 | South Dakota | 2.3 billion kWh |
| #47 | Nebraska | 1.4 billion kWh |
Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of natural-gas power are shown.
Figures are published for 49 states; this table shows the top 47.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2024)
Sources
Data as of: 2024
U.S. EIA: net generation from natural gas by state, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (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'.