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In-brief analysis

October 22, 2026

The U.S. refinery fleet has run at higher-than-normal rates this year, with refinery utilization averaging more than 95% of capacity between May and September, the highest for those months since 1998. Tight global product supplies this year have boosted margins for petroleum products, particularly for diesel, incentivizing the increased run rates.

Since 1991, U.S. refinery utilization has averaged 92% from May to September, compared with 88% across the other seven months.

U.S. refineries tend to run at their highest rates between May and September to boost supply of gasoline for the peak demand season in the summer months. Distillate demand, by contrast, peaks in the fall and winter. Because refineries produce a combination of gasoline and distillates, high summer refinery utilization usually leads to an increase in distillate inventories before seasonal

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In-brief analysis

October 19, 2026

Data source: Omdia
Note: 1Q16=first quarter 2016; 3Q26=third quarter 2026

In the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), 23% of new light-duty vehicles sold in the United States were hybrid electric, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, down slightly from 24% in 3Q25. Between 3Q25 and 3Q26, hybrid electric vehicles continued to gain market share, reaching 16% of light-duty vehicle sales. Growth of hybrid electric vehicle sales has slowed this quarter as the average transaction price for a new vehicle passed $50,000—the first time this price has been reached so far this year, according to Kelley Blue Book.

The market shares of battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles decreased over the same period, according to estimates from Omdia. In 3Q26, battery electric vehicle sales were 6% of new

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In-brief analysis

October 16, 2026

We estimate that U.S. generation from small-scale or rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (smaller than 1 megawatt of capacity) has increased from 18,812 gigawatthours (GWh) to 92,979 GWh over the last decade. The four states with the highest generation of small-scale solar in the country—California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida—are in regions with more abundant solar resources. Even though it is in a region with lower solar resources, New York ranks as the fifth-largest rooftop solar generation producer as a result of capacity growth supported by technology improvements and state incentives.

The year-over-year change in generation was particularly high in 2022, when total generation grew by 25% compared with the previous year amid record capacity growth. Changes in different programs supporting rooftop solar partly explain this increase in generation. For example, California’s Net Energy

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