Natural gas use at power plants up 40% in March from a year ago: EIAHouston (Platts)--30May2012/656 pm EDT/2256 GMT The use of natural gas to fuel US power plants climbed by nearly 40%
in March from a year ago, from 503.9 Bcf to 703.5 Bcf, the US Energy
Information Administration said Wednesday in its monthly electricity
update. Total U.S. power generation decreased by 2.9% from a year ago to
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