FT Alphaville " US energy data point du jour In the last week of June, the Dept. of Energy released data for April showing that natural gas generated the same amount of power as coal-fired plants for the first time in recent history. Each fuel contributed 32% of total electric generation. That's from CreditSights (full note in the usual place), and here's the visual going back a few years: The factors behind the recent gains are obvious: fracking technology plus the unusually warm winter. As the analysts write, the coal-to-gas switch for power generation has long been expected, but the speed at which it's happening is nonetheless impressive. This entry was posted by Cardiff Garcia on Friday, July 6th, 2012 at 18:18 and is filed under Commodities. Tagged with coal, Natural Gas, power generation.