EIA’s most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts that the amount of electricity generation fueled by natural gas in April and May will total just 3% less than the projected amount of coal-fired generation. This convergence has occurred only once before,…
Month: May 2015 (page 2)
Corn ethanol yields continue to improve
In 2014, U.S. fuel ethanol production reached 14.3 billion gallons of ethanol fuel, the highest level ever. The growth in U.S. fuel ethanol production has outpaced growth in corn consumed as feedstock—as the industry has grown, it has become more…
New supply patterns and additional disruptions push California gasoline prices higher
Supply disruptions in the tightly balanced and relatively isolated California gasoline market have increased wholesale and retail gasoline prices over the past several weeks. This comes after markets had adjusted to compensate for lost production following the February explosion and…
Projected electric capacity additions are below recent historical levels
In the coming decades, additions to U.S. electricity generation capacity are expected to be lower than in the recent past. In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2015 Reference case, which reflects current laws and policies and does not include EIA’s proposed…
Average size of new commercial buildings in United States continues to grow
Increases in the size of commercial buildings have outpaced increases in the number of those buildings over the past decade, according to EIA’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. The survey is the only nationally representative data collection for building characteristics…
Implications of higher domestic crude production for U.S. refining
In response to multiple requests over the past years, EIA is developing a series of analyses that address the implications of current limitations on crude oil exports for prices, including both world and domestic crude oil and petroleum product prices,…
Crude by rail accounts for more than half of East Coast refinery supply in February
Monthly rail receipts of crude oil accounted for more than half (52%) of the crude oil supply to East Coast refineries in February. As U.S. and Canadian production of crude oil has increased, crude supply by rail to East Coast…
Natural gas, renewables projected to provide larger shares of electricity generation
EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) Reference case projects that electricity consumption will increase at an average annual rate of 0.8% from 2013 to 2040, nearly in line with expected population growth. Continuing a recent trend toward lower levels of…
Alaska residents are paid a unique yearly dividend from state’s permanent fund
The Alaska Permanent Fund, established using revenues paid to the state by oil and gas producers, provides Alaska residents with an annual cash dividend, which is unique among natural resource permanent funds in the United States. In 2014, the annual…
