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Natural gas to remain primary fuel for US electricity generation for next 2 years – EIA

January 22, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, natural gas Non-hydro renewables’ share of total US utility-scale generation to exceed 10% for first time in 2019 EIA’s Jan. 2018 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that natural gas will remain [Read more]

US electricity prices stable in east, but higher in renewables-rich Texas, California

January 17, 2018 Energi Staff 2

Natural gas-fired power plants supplied 32% of total US electricity in 2017, coal supplied 30% Wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the eastern United States during 2017 were relatively unchanged from 2016, while [Read more]