Steve Everley, great chart showing how natural gas generation has led the way to lower emissions in the U.S. much more so than intermittent solar and wind. Its amazing the EPA is trying to limit new natural gas generation as a part of its GHG Rule released last week and somehow limit existing natuarl gas generation in other dockets. Florida is a perfect example of natural gas' role in emissions reductions. Florida has seen a 35% reduction in emissions from 2005 to today almost entirely due to switching from coal and oil to natural gas generation which now produced 75% of Florida's generation, by far the highest percentage in the U.S. Better yet, electric prices grew far less than in other states being below the U.S. residential price average in 2024 despite having no natural resource advantage like hydro, natural gas, coal or oil advantages. We at Florida Municipal Power Agency are putting our future on natural gas generation to provide affordable and reliable power for all while continuing to reduce emissions for decades to come.
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New federal data show that #naturalgas has done more than any other fuel to reduce CO2 emissions in the U.S. power sector. Since 2005, 61% of the decline in CO2 emissions from the U.S. power sector was driven by coal-to-gas switching. Even more impressive is that the reductions from natural gas were higher *every year* than the savings from zero-carbon generation. In 2023 alone, the increased use of natural gas prevented 653 million metric tons of CO2 from being emitted. Coal generation fell that year by 155 terawatt-hours (TWh), and most of that was replaced by natural gas, which increased by 113 TWh. These data add to a growing recognition about the role of natural gas in our future energy system, including its capacity to drive GHG reductions while maintaining affordability and reliability. It's also a useful data point in the broader conversation about policies like the #LNG export pause, as countries around the world look to replicate the U.S. success story with expanding the economy and reducing emissions simultaneously. **This chart used to be published on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's annually updated page that shows CO2 emissions reductions from the energy sector. But a few years ago this chart suddenly disappeared from that page. You can now find it buried in the "Methodology and Supplemental Content" document. (h/t Richard Meyer) https://lnkd.in/eJ95pTj
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7moHey Jacob Williams, thanks for sharing this! Natural gas has definitely played a crucial role in lowering emissions, especially in Florida. Looking ahead, do you see renewables playing a more significant role alongside natural gas in achieving long-term sustainability goals? #CleanEnergyMix