Peak Daily Domestic Demand for Natural Gas and Electricity
- The natural gas system set a record for total daily domestic demand of 162.0 Bcf on 1/16/2024. This was a significant increase over the record previously set on 12/24/2022 when total daily demand reached 158.4 Bcf.
- Domestic demand only includes power generation, residential, commercial, and industrial end users. Additional natural gas demand for feedgas for liquefied natural gas exports and pipeline exports to Mexico were not included.
- During the 2020, 2021, and 2023 winter heating seasons, peak day demand was lower than in recent years due to both demand impacts from the ongoing global pandemic as well as back-to-back winters with warmer-than-average national temperatures.
- During the hottest day in the summer when cooling demand will be at its highest, the electric grid set a record of 14,843 GWh in total sales compared to last year’s record of 14,769 GWh. Approximately 45% of electricity supplied on 7/15/2024 was from natural gas power generation.
- Converting the two sources of energy to total daily GWh, the record demand day for gas was 49,182 GWh compared to 14,843 GWh for electricity. This demonstrates that the gas distribution system on the coldest days can supply 3.3 times as much energy per 24-hour period as the electric grid on the hottest days. Residential and commercial users accounted for 44% of natural gas delivered on 1/16/2024 or 1.5 times as much energy as the electric grid supplied during the peak summer day.
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