Natural Gas Beats Coal for the Second Time in History
Electricity generation by region
As we saw in part 4 of this series, electricity generation in the United States fell by 9.0% to 77.3 million MWh (megawatt hours). Electricity generation in all except one of the nine census regions fell during the week ended September 18.
Eastern United States
The New England division saw a drop in electricity generation of 275,000 MWh, to 2.48 million MWh during the week ended September 18.
The Mid-Atlantic division saw a drop of 1.1 million MWh, or 11.7%, in electricity generation to 8.5 million MWh. Utilities (XLU) such as Consolidated Edison (ED) and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) operate in the Mid-Atlantic division.
The Southeast division, the largest in the United States by electricity production, saw a drop of 2.6 million MWh, or 12.2%, in electricity generation to 18.4 million MWh. Some of the largest utilities such as NextEra Energy (NEE) and Southern Company (SO) operate there.
Central United States
The Central Industrial division saw a drop of 1.1 million MWh, or 7.8%, in electricity generation during the week ended September 18. The division reported electricity generation of 12.6 million MWh during the week.
The West Central division reported a drop of 461,000 MWh, or 6.7%, in electricity generation to 6.4 million MWh. Electricity generation in the South Central division dropped by 827,000, or 5.2%, to 14.9 million MWh.
Western United States
Barring the Pacific Northwest where electricity generation remained steady at 2.5 million MWh, electricity generation in the other two western divisions dropped.
The Rocky Mountain and Pacific Southwest saw a combined decrease of 1.3 million MWh to 11.6 million MWh.
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