Introduction The North American pipeline industry transports half of the energy for American homes and businesses, fourty percent of the energy for industry and nine percent for electric generation. Commonly associated with the blue flame it produces, natural gas is the cleanest-burning, most reliable, and best energy value available to consumers. Like residental customers, businesses choose natural gas to take advantage of its cleanliness, affordability and efficiency. Industry relies on this versitile fuel for cogeneration and to power manufacturing facilities.
Power plants use natural gas as a fuel to generate electricity.