How is natural gas converted to electricity? What is the efficiency of the process in real life?

I need to find out the conversion factor of gallons of natural gas into kwh of electricity for a natural gas power plant in Louisiana. When I calculate it using heat of combustion of natural gas, it gives me a really big value for kwh of electricity, however using DOE’s data gives me a far lesser value. I am confused what is the conversion factor and what is the efficiency of the process. Please be as specific as you can.

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