Gas Outdoes Coal Again as America's Favorite Power Fuel
- Gas biggest power plant feedstock for second month this year
- Environmental regulations forcing coal plants to retire
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For the second time in U.S. records, natural gas eclipsed coal as the primary fuel for electricity generation.
In July, natural gas-fired plants supplied 35 percent of the country’s electricity, just above coal’s 34.88 percent share, the Energy Information Administration said in its Electric Power Monthly report on Thursday. Gas surpassed coal for the first time in April, when it made up 31.5 percent of U.S. generation.