"The country is poised for record-high consumption of natural gas."

"The United States is set to use more natural gas to generate electricity than ever before this summer as extreme heat sends demand for air conditioning skyrocketing.

In its latest monthly forecast, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected the country to burn 4% more gas in July and August this year than during the same months of 2022.

For weeks now, heat waves have clocked unprecedented triple-digit temperatures across the U.S., from Puerto Rico to the Pacific Northwest. The combination of global warming and El Niño temperature patterns is only expected to worsen as the months go on, spurring more Americans to crank electricity-hungry air conditioning units to avoid the deadly effects of overheating."

Alexander C. Kaufman reports for HuffPost July 11, 2023. [2]