Natural Gas Consumption in the United States, 1999 - 2004 (Billion Cubic Feet) ___________________________________________________________________ Lease and Pipeline and Delivered to Delivered to Year and Month Plant Fuel Distribution Consumers - Consumers - /a Use/b Residential Commercial ____________________________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 1999 Total..... 1,079 645 4,726 3,045 2000 Total..... 1,151 642 4,996 3,182 2001 Total..... 1,119 625 4,771 3,023 2002 January...... 96 73 816 430 February..... 86 66 713 397 March........ 96 66 661 369 April........ 92 54 415 264 May.......... 95 46 255 190 June......... 92 46 160 144 July......... 95 50 125 134 August....... 94 50 116 133 September.... 89 44 124 139 October...... 92 47 251 195 November..... 92 55 483 295 December..... 95 69 771 414 Total...... 1,114 667 4,890 3,103 2003 January...... E/96 78 947 R/509 February..... E/87 72 888 476 March........ E/98 63 678 381 April........ E/93 50 416 256 May.......... E/95 43 250 177 June......... E/92 39 158 R/134 July......... E/94 46 127 R/129 August....... E/94 47 116 127 September.... E/92 40 128 133 October...... E/94 44 R/232 R/178 November..... E/91 50 414 R/250 December..... E/95 65 742 R/388 Total...... E/1,121 637 R/5,096 3,138 2004 January...... E/96 77 968 R/492 February..... E/89 72 860 R/462 March........ E/95 60 594 R/345 April........ E/91 50 384 R/245 May.......... RE/93 44 214 R/166 June......... RE/90 42 145 133 July......... E/94 R/45 R/126 123 August....... E/94 45 119 123 2004 YTDd/..... E/742 434 3,410 2,090 2003 YTDd/..... E/749 437 3,580 2,189 2002 YTDd/..... 746 451 3,261 2,061 ___________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Natural Gas Consumption in the United States, 1999 - 2004 (Billion Cubic Feet) - Continued ________________________________________________________________ Delivered to Delivered Delivered to Consumers - to Delivered to Year and Month Consumers - Electric Consumers Consumers - Industrial Power Vehicle Total Fuel ____________________________ ____________ _________ ____________ 1999 Total..... 8,079 4,820 12 20,681 2000 Total..... 8,142 5,206 13 21,540 2001 Total..... 7,344 5,342 15 20,495 2002 January...... 691 381 1 2,319 February..... 635 344 1 2,091 March........ 660 407 1 2,098 April........ 649 404 1 1,734 May.......... 614 410 1 1,471 June......... 597 551 1 1,453 July......... 610 734 1 1,604 August....... 614 718 1 1,581 September.... 577 569 1 1,409 October...... 615 442 1 1,504 November..... 632 352 1 1,763 December..... 662 360 1 2,209 Total...... 7,557 5,672 15 21,236 2003 January...... 677 367 1 2,501 February..... 633 329 1 2,327 March........ 604 353 1 2,017 April........ 565 333 1 R/1,571 May.......... 549 381 1 R/1,358 June......... 502 411 1 1,207 July......... 568 609 1 1,434 August....... 571 654 1 R/1,470 September.... 555 434 1 1,251 October...... 590 391 1 R/1,392 November..... 587 338 1 R/1,590 December..... 632 329 1 R/2,093 Total...... R/7,032 4,929 15 R/20,212 2004 January...... R/676 342 1 2,479 February..... R/640 356 1 2,319 March........ R/621 355 1 R/1,917 April........ R/578 369 1 R/1,578 May.......... R/557 456 1 1,395 June......... 550 479 1 R/1,309 July......... R/557 R/601 1 R/1,409 August....... 570 E/595 1 1,409 2004 YTDd/..... 4,750 E/3,554 12 13,816 2003 YTDd/..... 4,669 3,436 10 13,885 2002 YTDd/..... 5,070 3,949 10 14,351 ________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Natural Gas Consumption in the United States, 1999 - 2004 (Billion Cubic Feet) - Continued ____________________________ Total Year and Month Consumption ____________________________ 1999 Total..... 22,405 2000 Total..... 23,333 2001 Total..... 22,239 2002 January...... 2,488 February..... 2,243 March........ 2,260 April........ 1,881 May.......... 1,612 June......... 1,591 July......... 1,749 August....... 1,725 September.... 1,543 October...... 1,643 November..... 1,911 December..... 2,373 Total...... 23,018 2003 January...... 2,675 February..... 2,486 March........ 2,178 April........ 1,714 May.......... 1,497 June......... 1,337 July......... 1,574 August....... 1,611 September.... 1,384 October...... R/1,531 November..... R/1,731 December..... R/2,253 Total...... R/21,969 2004 January...... 2,652 February..... 2,480 March........ 2,073 April........ R/1,719 May.......... R/1,532 June......... R/1,440 July......... R/1,548 August....... 1,548 2004 YTDd/..... 14,992 2003 YTDd/..... 15,071 2002 YTDd/..... 15,548 ____________________________ /a Plant fuel data and lease fuel data are collected only annually. Monthly lease and plant fuel use is estimated from monthly marketed production by assuming that the preceding annual percentage remains constant for the next twelve months. /b Pipeline and distribution use is collected only on an annual basis. Monthly pipeline and distribution use data are estimated from monthly total consumption (excluding pipeline and distribution use) by assuming that the preceding annual percentage remains constant for the next twelve months. d/ Year-to-date volume represents months for which volume information is available in the current year. R/ = Revised Data. E/ = Estimated Data. RE/ = Revised Estimated Data. Notes: Data for 1999 through 2002 are final. All other data are preliminary unless otherwise indicated. Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. See Explanatory Note 7 for definition of sectors. Sources: 1999-2002: Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-895, "Monthly Quantity and Value of Natural Gas Report," Form EIA-857, "Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to Consumers," Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," EIA computations, and Natural Gas Annual 2002. January 2003 through the current month: EIA Form EIA-895, Form EIA-857, and Form EIA-906. See Appendix A, Explanatory Note 7, for computation procedures and revision policy. ____________ For additional information, please contact the Energy Information Administration's National Energy Information Center at (202)586-8800.