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Monday, June 10, 2019

ERCOT Natural Gas Demand up in May, in Volume and Market Share

Total generation in the ERCOT region in May was down about 5% year-on-year.  But a decline in nuclear output left a bit more market share to fossil fuels (up from 66.5% last May to 67.0% this May).  And gas took more of that from coal.  Last year the split was 2/3 gas, 1/3 coal, and this year gas edged up to 68.7% against coal's 31.3%. 


33.7 vs 32.0


In BCFE terms, gas demand was 4.76 BCFED, out of a total fossil fuel demand of 6.9 BCFED.  That's above the 2019 poly line, and about 21% above last year's line: