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Mild weather, ample natural gas supply curb Northeast winter power and natural gas prices

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Average utilization for natural gas combined cycle plants exceeded coal plants in 2015

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Nonhydro renewable power generation widened gap over conventional hydroelectricity in 2015

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EIA reviews and enhances data and projections for wind and solar electricity

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As coal stockpiles at power plants rise, shippers are reducing coal railcar loadings

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Demand trends, prices, and policies drive recent electric generation capacity additions

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Natural gas expected to surpass coal in mix of fuel used for U.S. power generation in 2016

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Total electricity sales fell in 2015 for 5th time in past 8 years

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Coal made up more than 80% of retired electricity generating capacity in 2015

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Crescent Dunes concentrating solar plant begins producing electricity

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Solar, natural gas, wind make up most 2016 generation additions

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U.S. solar PV net metering capacity continued strong growth in 2015

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Rail continues to dominate coal shipments to the power sector

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Demand response saves electricity during times of high demand

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California has nearly half of the nation's solar electricity generating capacity

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Computer and technology use in education buildings continues to increase

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Electricity generation from renewable sources expected to grow 9% this year

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Winter storm knocks out power for more than a million customers

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Installed wind generator tower heights and output are growing

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Upcoming winter storm may cause problems for East Coast energy infrastructure

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Warmer weather, lower energy prices are reducing home heating expenditures

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Wholesale power prices decrease across the country in 2015

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Coal production and prices decline in 2015

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Efficiency moderates effects of higher electricity prices under proposed Clean Power Plan

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Under the proposed Clean Power Plan, natural gas, then renewables, gain generation share

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Power generation from coal and natural gas expected to temporarily converge this spring

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Natural gas, renewables projected to provide larger shares of electricity generation

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Total energy subsidies decline since 2010, with changes in support across fuel types

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Recent Data

Key indicators
	February 2016	% change from February 2015
Total net generation thousand megawatthours	314,079	-6.4%
Residential retail price cents/kilowatthour	12.15	-1.1%
Retail sales thousand megawatthours	294,194	-3.4%
Natural gas consumption million cubic feet	722,190	6.6%
Coal consumption thousand tons	50,649	-24.5%
Heating Degree-Days	659	-28.0%
Source: Electricity Monthly Update