Commodities Buzz: US natural gas consumption set to rise 1% on year to record 91.4 BCFD in 2025

The US Energy Information Administration or EIA stated in a latest update that natural gas consumption in the United States will increase 1% to set a record of 91.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025. It expects natural gas consumption to increase across all sectors except for electric power, which had been the source of most natural gas consumption growth in the previous decade. Natural gas consumption was high in the beginning of the year, driving our forecast. In January, US natural gas consumption was a record 126.8 Bcf/d, 5% more than the previous record set in January 2024, according to data in our Natural Gas Monthly. In February 2025, US natural gas consumption was 115.9 Bcf/d, 5% more than the previous February consumption record set in 2021. Natural gas consumption in these winter months was driven in part by colder weather, including a polar vortex event in mid-January. US natural gas consumption typically peaks in January or February, when demand for space heating in the residential and commercial sectors is greatest.

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