What does the United States Electricity Generation by Source table measure?

It measures net electricity generation and generating capacity across the United States, broken down by specific fuel types such as natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, and solar, as well as by producing sectors.

How often is this electricity data published and how far back does it go?

The data is published monthly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the Monthly Energy Review, with continuous historical time series extending back to 1973.

What specific fuel and sector breakdowns are available in the table?

The table includes major categories such as fossil fuels, nuclear power, renewable energy, and net imports, alongside breakdowns for utilities and industrial or commercial combined-heat-and-power facilities.

How can this dataset be used for energy market analysis?

Analysts use this dataset to evaluate structural shifts in the United States power sector, monitor the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, and track monthly changes in electricity generation capacity.

US Electricity Generation by Source

Name: US Electricity Generation by Source
Creator: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy Review
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy ReviewLast updated: Sep 23, 2026, 18:28Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023	06-2023	05-2023
Total electricity generation12	354,690.53	330,706.52	348,756.33	342,800.62	399,529.18	382,193.81	334,985.6	345,253.27	368,144.84	420,241.84	446,319.53	393,284.83	344,033.97	320,477.91	333,628.94	338,591.67	402,345.4	361,292.05	322,350.87	333,980.12	359,396.57	423,126.92	429,316.64	391,631.99	348,485.16	310,779.62	324,938.1	322,214.35	381,121.9	347,731.62	320,784.76	326,718.29	360,489.56	422,904.52	425,454.53	359,233.63	327,473.94
Natural gas	137,271.02	124,449.35	127,375.17	132,089.23	151,629.7	148,027.4	131,565.31	143,984.76	167,875.51	192,894.01	201,990.96	164,793.24	135,072.17	114,642.12	118,117.8	131,374.32	157,000.7	147,629.88	137,686.6	146,710.82	169,670.91	202,915.41	205,958.74	169,155.86	143,993.37	121,531.88	131,137.31	131,844.74	161,666.64	148,029.16	135,531.28	140,824.85	166,310.99	199,220.83	199,521.54	161,981.31	137,393.6
Coal	45,119.03	39,777.38	44,131.54	55,858.53	72,502.66	66,871.28	54,489.79	54,018.85	58,301.93	69,728.03	80,260.24	64,501.54	48,778.19	45,526.36	49,215.22	62,306.02	83,153.26	62,800.29	44,924.32	46,889.7	54,558.65	68,760.47	71,565.36	61,338.66	45,812.37	37,245.88	38,505.28	44,137.43	75,617.53	56,364.82	51,209.36	50,932.74	59,958.87	78,111.71	78,903.22	57,771.5	43,803.66
Nuclear	65,000.85	57,373.01	62,095.89	62,384.19	73,250.91	72,521.11	63,809.36	59,222.25	65,457.83	70,705.13	70,781.33	66,222.28	62,144.82	57,892.52	62,456.66	61,828.5	71,738.94	71,200.1	61,904.05	58,773.35	62,660.47	69,760.29	69,850.75	68,192.15	64,972.97	57,541.88	63,345.77	64,583.81	69,079.74	68,854.35	62,257.64	61,435.63	65,559.71	69,744.02	69,887.59	64,819.2	61,155.19
Wind	41,157.21	49,135.98	52,219.09	39,707.24	44,433.72	47,047.66	40,956.8	39,533.58	25,672.71	27,306.84	31,810.13	35,776.41	36,872.98	45,875.75	50,591.47	39,346.22	43,600.06	39,527.4	40,133.13	39,591.52	29,178.43	29,289.62	28,304.45	38,661.39	39,255.65	47,088.46	45,101.85	40,981.58	34,790.87	38,038.36	36,445.38	36,019.87	28,353.33	28,394.18	28,004.56	27,546.97	32,227.18
Conventional hydroelectric	22,737.62	22,494.21	26,921.53	22,462.02	27,909.39	23,919.96	18,414.55	16,544.58	15,284.79	20,097.97	19,982	22,159.24	24,355.93	22,839.22	22,450.52	19,543.32	21,431.14	19,533.14	16,723.43	15,352.21	15,911.34	20,490.58	21,383.98	22,396.57	24,477.22	20,915.74	23,362.64	20,795.3	21,553.9	19,027.65	17,025.68	15,672.56	16,915.73	21,293.09	21,977.73	21,572.24	27,651.29
Solar	36,418.42	31,103.65	29,000.43	21,305.15	17,985.26	15,392.38	18,592.07	24,605.46	28,148.94	31,808.73	33,424.1	32,034.35	29,745.58	26,780.55	23,238.21	16,447.52	15,453.5	12,600.95	13,841.32	19,827.73	20,538.24	24,328.47	24,483.77	24,459.01	22,371.4	19,241.08	16,019.11	12,539.98	9,582.86	9,112.51	10,446.11	14,120.71	15,582.82	17,744.05	18,894.31	17,833.7	17,281.05
Petroleum	1,447.4	1,256.61	1,261.55	3,446.12	5,547.55	2,183.36	1,314.64	1,379.28	1,297.21	1,519.93	1,674.04	1,531.86	1,107.19	1,175.38	1,269.7	1,518.01	3,288.97	1,527.98	1,095.09	1,160.29	1,074.73	1,424.36	1,448.2	1,278.97	1,154.1	1,143.76	991.5	956.99	1,828.49	1,237.87	1,084.58	1,283.22	1,485.89	1,609.27	1,615.17	1,267.15	1,209.96
Wood and wood wastes	2,597.23	2,111.67	2,549.39	2,561.09	2,828.06	2,761.84	2,581.29	2,467.23	2,712.98	2,833.25	2,898.66	2,699.99	2,588.09	2,289.66	2,690.76	2,526.62	2,758.34	2,764.64	2,550.05	2,239.92	2,562.96	2,839.1	2,806.32	2,680.68	2,574.96	2,423.39	2,651.45	2,621.23	2,849.27	2,774.37	2,583.84	2,317.34	2,572.74	2,884.17	2,757.5	2,578.94	2,653.57
Waste	1,125.03	1,069.65	1,159.69	1,076.02	1,165.17	1,214.02	1,187.98	1,160.86	1,135.88	1,203.83	1,230.34	1,204.56	1,196.91	1,176.8	1,247.27	1,164.98	1,254.73	1,237.54	1,213.3	1,241.91	1,221.73	1,297	1,264.28	1,210.84	1,283.04	1,148.83	1,241.43	1,202.92	1,294.91	1,403.08	1,305.24	1,303.06	1,229.16	1,336.75	1,335.71	1,308.46	1,343.63
Geothermal	1,277.18	1,223.74	1,333.8	1,263.35	1,416.87	1,355.49	1,263.21	1,267.06	1,283.59	1,348.82	1,285.01	1,277.59	1,253.17	1,306.19	1,387.72	1,251.78	1,389.18	1,393.28	1,317.49	1,261.08	1,201.45	1,227.25	1,217.52	1,201.9	1,246.27	1,279.7	1,359.49	1,302.75	1,398.95	1,472.62	1,439.64	1,419.91	1,314.59	1,266.94	1,296.09	1,293.38	1,345.29
Other fossil gases	607.76	872.38	875.4	796.64	912.33	800.3	866.9	1,085.57	963.04	863.98	886.82	961.6	633.89	648.2	772.44	1,111.03	1,103.65	918.86	799.88	800.71	836.3	910.7	948.89	940.61	889.43	912.84	881.86	930.93	1,074.06	1,062.21	958.6	923.53	983.42	1,087.71	1,045.82	974.2	1,011.41
Hydroelectric pumped storage (usually negative)	-408.78	-463.3	-591.47	-538.87	-515.41	-462.16	-609.98	-513.45	-456.5	-568.01	-485.6	-419.55	-270.53	-259.27	-398.51	-410.24	-466.59	-481.29	-489.55	-438.67	-637.5	-798.27	-638.96	-578.81	-284.1	-338.15	-348.76	-403.75	-414.07	-513.89	-346.94	-371.67	-552.65	-652.99	-656.33	-551.31	-459.1
Electricity balance4
Total electricity net generation3	354.69	330.71	348.76	342.8	399.53	382.19	334.99	345.25	368.15	420.24	446.32	393.29	344.03	320.48	333.63	338.59	402.35	361.29	322.35	333.98	359.4	423.13	429.32	391.63	348.49	310.78	324.94	322.21	381.12	347.73	320.79	326.72	360.49	422.91	425.46	359.23	327.47
Electric power sector (utility plants)	342.52	318.84	336.29	331.11	386.21	368.91	322.2	332.47	355.22	406.69	432.85	380.61	331.85	308.6	320.8	326.48	388.52	348.15	310.29	322.43	346.99	409.36	415.92	379.2	336.02	298.67	312.45	309.83	367.32	334.15	307.85	314.04	347.36	409.02	411.67	346.19	314.98
Commercial combined-heat-and-power and industrial facilities	10.93	10.71	11.15	10.5	11.96	11.91	11.45	11.43	11.6	12.11	11.99	11.34	10.99	10.69	11.54	10.88	12.47	11.9	10.85	10.34	11.15	12.35	11.96	11.12	11.22	10.93	11.26	11.18	12.48	12.23	11.62	11.36	11.76	12.41	12.26	11.66	11.18
Commercial facilities	1.24	1.16	1.32	1.19	1.36	1.37	1.34	1.36	1.32	1.45	1.47	1.35	1.19	1.2	1.3	1.23	1.35	1.24	1.21	1.22	1.26	1.41	1.44	1.31	1.25	1.19	1.22	1.2	1.33	1.36	1.31	1.32	1.37	1.47	1.53	1.38	1.32
Net imports2	0.08	-0.5	0	0.4	-0.69	-0.65	-1.04	-0.58	1.3	1.1	0.88	1.81	2.33	1.67	0.81	1.89	2.84	2.09	0.54	1.89	2.1	2.16	2.49	1.42	0.05	-0.46	-0.35	0.16	1.74	1.34	0.64	0.21	0.09	1.38	1.23	1.69	2.62
Imports	1.85	1.62	2.29	2.43	2.18	1.89	1.19	1.58	2.33	2.41	2.15	2.71	3.32	2.91	2.37	3.13	4.07	3.37	1.79	2.8	3.09	3.38	4	2.87	1.79	1.8	2.21	2.54	3.61	3.2	2.47	2.21	2.36	3	3.22	3.07	3.9
Exports	1.77	2.13	2.29	2.03	2.87	2.54	2.23	2.17	1.03	1.31	1.27	0.91	0.99	1.24	1.56	1.25	1.23	1.29	1.25	0.91	0.99	1.22	1.51	1.45	1.75	2.26	2.56	2.38	1.88	1.86	1.83	2.01	2.27	1.62	1.99	1.38	1.28
Transmission losses and unquantified	23.86	17.53	23.37	9.78	31.07	32.04	23.57	12.73	11.76	16.67	27.6	26.73	23.06	16.74	15.8	9.16	30.92	23.52	16.38	9.71	7.4	18.86	22.03	26.13	23.49	13.3	16.22	8.12	26.88	24.41	15.74	7.64	2.48	19.57	27.23	20.59	20.34
Total electricity end use2	330.91	312.67	325.39	333.42	367.77	349.51	310.38	331.95	357.68	404.67	419.59	368.37	323.31	305.4	318.64	331.32	374.26	339.86	306.51	326.17	354.1	406.43	409.77	366.92	325.04	297.02	308.37	314.26	355.98	324.66	305.69	319.29	358.1	404.72	399.45	340.34	309.76
Retail sales to ultimate customers	320.1	302.13	314.31	323.04	355.94	337.72	299.02	320.59	346.2	392.63	407.63	357.1	312.49	294.85	307.24	320.56	361.98	328.19	295.8	315.9	343.07	394.2	397.87	355.88	313.96	286.26	297.28	303.26	343.72	312.64	294.25	308.07	346.48	392.44	387.26	328.8	298.71
Direct use	10.82	10.54	11.08	10.38	11.83	11.8	11.36	11.36	11.48	12.04	11.96	11.26	10.82	10.56	11.4	10.76	12.28	11.67	10.72	10.26	11.03	12.23	11.9	11.04	11.08	10.76	11.09	11	12.27	12.02	11.44	11.22	11.62	12.28	12.2	11.54	11.06
Electric generating capacity1
Total electric generating capacity5	1,304.57	1,297.39	1,289.2	1,288.66	1,283.35	1,279.24	1,268.9	1,265.48	1,262.07	1,258.93	1,254.42	1,251.13	1,245.97	1,242.21	1,238.51	1,235.27	1,233.56	1,228.84	1,219.76	1,213.86	1,211.71	1,208.53	1,205.74	1,202.54	1,200.28	1,196.85	1,193.76	1,190.4	1,189.55	1,187.56	1,177.71	1,175.65	1,173.31	1,172.79	1,172.12	1,167.62	1,166.53
Fossil fuels3	714.02	713.66	712.04	713.7	711.19	711.59	710.2	710.9	711.22	711.18	710.53	710.45	709.93	709.53	709.45	709.88	710.26	710.88	711.11	711	712.38	712.65	712.65	711.84	713.54	713.85	715.04	715.92	715.93	717.29	718.57	717.89	718.38	719.62	720.22	720.06	721.46
Natural gas	514.31	515.22	513.42	512.35	511.62	512.1	510.45	510.21	509.63	509.62	508.98	508.58	508.02	507.46	507.32	507.47	507.43	506.37	506.17	506.07	506.27	506.27	506.27	505.46	506.87	506.68	507.22	507.92	507.93	507.54	507.5	506.82	506.82	507.2	507.2	506.39	505.49
Coal	169.93	168.65	168.9	171.81	169.97	169.78	170.04	170.94	171.84	171.84	171.84	172.16	172.16	172.16	172.22	172.51	172.91	174.18	174.6	174.59	175.76	176.02	176.02	176.02	176.2	176.7	177.32	177.5	177.5	178.44	179.75	179.75	180.24	181.1	181.71	182.36	184.52
Petroleum	28	28.01	27.95	27.77	27.98	28.09	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.07	28.06	28.06	28.06	28.22	28.23	28.23	28.24	28.65	28.67	28.67	28.67	28.68	28.68	28.68	28.79	28.8	28.8	28.79	28.79	29.44	29.45	29.46	29.46	29.45	29.44	29.44	29.59
Renewable energy6	420.34	414.11	409.26	408.79	407.26	403.31	396.55	393.82	391.77	389.64	386.89	385.33	382.29	380.71	378.42	375.8	374.29	369.55	362.43	357.44	354.67	352.03	350.47	348.82	346.11	343.52	341.04	337.92	337.11	333.96	324.62	323.68	321.09	320.04	319.25	317.51	315.93
Solar	161.99	160.21	156.66	155.48	153.93	151.19	146.37	144.05	142.43	140.5	137.96	136.51	134	132.64	130.57	127.98	126.82	123.45	117.8	112.8	109.96	107.47	106.26	105.28	102.61	100.07	98.65	95.69	95.08	92.01	84.87	83.87	82.09	81.13	80.41	79.08	77.46
Wind	164.6	160.1	158.82	159.52	159.51	158.27	156.34	155.92	155.47	155.28	155.06	154.87	154.34	154.12	153.88	153.85	153.49	152.1	150.65	150.62	150.61	150.47	150.12	149.42	149.39	149.31	148.18	148.02	147.82	147.45	145.24	145.24	144.42	144.32	144.23	143.73	143.76
Conventional hydroelectric power	79.97	79.97	79.95	79.95	79.94	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.9	79.88	79.88	79.89	79.88	79.88	79.88	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.89	79.99	79.98	79.98	79.98	79.98	79.98	79.98	79.98
Wood	7.14	7.17	7.18	7.2	7.2	7.28	7.28	7.28	7.28	7.28	7.28	7.37	7.37	7.37	7.39	7.39	7.39	7.42	7.38	7.42	7.48	7.48	7.48	7.49	7.49	7.49	7.54	7.54	7.54	7.69	7.69	7.76	7.76	7.79	7.79	7.87	7.89
Waste	3.96	3.96	3.96	3.95	3.97	3.98	3.98	3.98	3.99	3.99	3.99	3.99	3.99	3.99	3.99	3.99	4	4	4.04	4.04	4.04	4.04	4.03	4.05	4.06	4.07	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.13	4.15	4.15	4.16	4.16	4.16	4.16	4.16
Geothermal	2.68	2.69	2.69	2.69	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.68	2.69	2.69	2.69	2.69	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.67	2.68	2.68	2.68
Nuclear electric power	96.85	96.85	96.85	96.87	96.87	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.83	96.83	96.83	96.83	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	94.6	94.6
Hydroelectric pumped storage	23.08	23.08	23.07	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.16	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.12	23.12	23.15	23.15	23.15	23.15	23.15	23.15	23.15	23.15
Battery storage	48.76	48.18	46.45	44.63	43.37	42.8	40.6	39.22	37.54	36.56	35.47	33.81	32.21	30.48	29.15	28.16	27.58	27.02	24.83	23.98	23.23	22.41	21.19	20.44	19.19	18.04	17.36	16.31	16.28	16	14.2	13.77	13.52	12.82	12.33	10.85	9.94
Nuclear power5
Nuclear electricity net generation	65,001	57,373	62,096	62,384	73,251	72,521	63,809	59,222	65,458	70,705	70,781	66,222	62,145	57,893	62,457	61,829	71,739	71,200	61,904	58,773	62,660	69,760	69,851	68,192	64,973	57,542	63,346	64,584	69,080	68,854	62,258	61,436	65,560	69,744	69,888	64,819	61,155
Share of total generation	18.3	17.3	17.8	18.2	18.3	19	19	17.2	17.8	16.8	15.9	16.8	18.1	18.1	18.7	18.3	17.8	19.7	19.2	17.6	17.4	16.5	16.3	17.4	18.6	18.5	19.5	20	18.1	19.8	19.4	18.8	18.2	16.5	16.4	18	18.7
Capacity factor	88.8	81	84.8	94.3	100	99	90	80.9	92.3	96.5	96.6	93.4	84.9	81.7	85.3	93.5	98	97.3	87.4	80.3	88.5	95.3	95.4	96.3	88.8	81.8	87.5	95.4	95.6	96.7	90.3	86.3	95.1	97.9	99.1	95.2	86.9
Summer net dependable capacity	96.85	96.85	96.85	96.87	96.87	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.88	96.83	96.83	96.83	96.83	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	96.82	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	95.71	94.6	94.6
Operating nuclear units	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92
Generation by Sector and Source3
Electric power sector, total9	342,517.16	318,838.15	336,287.78	331,111.61	386,211.37	368,912.83	322,201.03	332,469.76	355,223.36	406,689.15	432,852.34	380,605.3	331,851.71	308,594.67	320,799.2	326,482.09	388,520.12	348,153.48	310,289.25	322,426.92	346,986.35	409,363.35	415,921.42	379,202.31	336,016.88	298,667.57	312,454.4	309,830.26	367,314.84	334,147.67	307,854.34	314,037.35	347,359.88	409,023.57	411,669.9	346,192.46	314,977.23
Coal	44,806.21	39,486.09	43,795.19	55,508.53	72,112.74	66,517.27	54,147.59	53,669.36	57,947.3	69,350.55	79,852.06	64,126.4	48,454.67	45,162.63	48,811.08	61,925.06	82,714.66	62,395.94	44,555.1	46,531.55	54,196.41	68,374.32	71,163.37	60,980.61	45,464.81	36,938.53	38,106.67	43,767.93	75,201.02	55,971.04	50,850.97	50,575.07	59,586.01	77,734.04	78,504.15	57,400.23	43,427.06
Natural gas	128,931.13	116,293.72	118,939.43	124,159.28	142,521.72	138,759.94	122,757.55	135,442.13	159,150.18	183,661.53	192,817.46	156,293.87	126,691.5	106,494.91	109,308.09	123,177.2	147,408.15	138,573.8	129,528.59	138,818.3	161,042.38	193,302.22	196,755.44	160,747.02	135,634.34	113,312.23	122,719.47	123,418.07	152,122.23	138,696.63	126,629.48	132,027.04	157,094.05	189,544.69	189,884.09	152,889.03	129,008.89
Petroleum	1,373.26	1,187.49	1,201.89	3,351.1	5,437.57	2,123.35	1,258.69	1,312.3	1,240.01	1,427.57	1,623.88	1,449.69	1,045.63	1,122.43	1,201.05	1,460.47	3,187.92	1,465.2	1,042.21	1,110.64	1,029.9	1,372.94	1,385.11	1,219.86	1,104.22	1,084.08	930.55	890.25	1,759.44	1,169.42	1,020.44	1,222.43	1,426.65	1,544.22	1,546.09	1,207.78	1,152.54
Other fossil gases	89.3	158.37	153.43	129.5	185.02	146.08	190.98	203.79	157.75	144.18	235.06	251.15	120.91	127.62	159.68	320.78	299.11	237.58	217.33	246.21	263.99	224.16	265.16	291.47	209.81	256.2	227.14	244.24	292.23	316.5	261.55	248.79	289.04	332.71	305.07	272.86	308.45
Conventional hydroelectric	22,632.8	22,393.25	26,803.56	22,371.17	27,792.93	23,823.66	18,330.25	16,467.44	15,211.06	20,005.87	19,887.59	22,059.14	24,245.57	22,736.67	22,346.77	19,454.56	21,332.64	19,444.74	16,650.35	15,269.37	15,855.45	20,416.4	21,311.54	22,314.92	24,360.14	20,796.05	23,242.41	20,677.54	21,436.08	18,932.7	16,959.65	15,609.49	16,851.11	21,212.53	21,885.32	21,484.45	27,540.73
Wind	41,130.05	49,102.69	52,185.26	39,681.38	44,402.12	47,013.85	40,927.46	39,506.11	25,656.15	27,288.65	31,790.8	35,754.28	36,848.96	45,847.18	50,559.56	39,321.91	43,571.08	39,497.07	40,105.91	39,573.77	29,163.48	29,276.45	28,291.12	38,642.77	39,235.97	47,065.11	45,082.13	40,966.69	34,771.3	38,016.19	36,422.42	36,000.64	28,341.66	28,381.33	27,995.71	27,532.48	32,205.92
Wood	904.79	622.04	891.4	969.41	1,005.45	986.61	828.79	750.53	923.16	964.88	975.26	893.73	791.21	590.25	865	848.36	939.76	891.5	700.39	571.82	777.29	935.38	910.33	861.37	742.36	647.47	795.75	840.66	979.04	867.52	779.13	633.84	819.05	1,008.68	989.43	875.41	839.4
Waste	824.6	785.94	831.95	791.09	829.22	849.36	829.15	787.7	807.9	851.39	886.16	875.62	865.04	831.72	882.2	816.67	893.68	867.26	847.07	876.93	871.59	925.41	899.53	859.76	893.2	793.84	869.41	844.04	902.96	1,003.88	918.02	926.05	888.8	961.18	953.96	932.72	964.06
Geothermal	1,277.18	1,223.74	1,333.8	1,263.35	1,416.87	1,355.49	1,263.21	1,267.06	1,283.59	1,348.82	1,285.01	1,277.59	1,253.17	1,306.19	1,387.72	1,251.78	1,389.18	1,393.28	1,317.49	1,261.08	1,201.45	1,227.25	1,217.52	1,201.9	1,246.27	1,279.7	1,359.49	1,302.75	1,398.95	1,472.62	1,439.64	1,419.91	1,314.59	1,266.94	1,296.09	1,293.38	1,345.29
Commercial sector, total4	1,239.4	1,162.79	1,318.16	1,188.14	1,361.82	1,369.39	1,339.69	1,357.38	1,323.73	1,445.42	1,473.85	1,344.95	1,193.63	1,196.2	1,294.68	1,227.69	1,350.84	1,238.23	1,209.63	1,215.32	1,256.51	1,409.12	1,435.28	1,307.56	1,244.63	1,187.22	1,220.71	1,203.57	1,330.28	1,357.59	1,307.99	1,322.63	1,369.59	1,471.08	1,529.31	1,381.49	1,316.73
Natural gas	601.62	588	672.01	618.42	678.93	685.14	665.2	663.82	671.11	726.8	767.62	662.09	545.63	533.84	610.83	577.01	656.1	579.88	563.03	563	601.82	698.72	727.98	613.46	524.66	533.05	564.81	566.87	619.74	633.18	609.12	626.62	705.98	746.4	783.89	659.72	593.52
Coal	14.79	11.61	11.15	19.62	23.76	16.14	17.93	17.48	16.76	15.31	18.27	11.69	15.39	14.33	16.37	22.27	28.49	19.2	16.9	13.95	16.49	15.43	13.95	10.4	6.66	14.67	18.95	23.28	33.79	23.3	18.45	18.09	14.57	12.01	12.28	8.81	17.31
Petroleum	4.15	4.81	7.41	25.87	38.36	10.94	4.91	3.92	4.25	14.27	5.43	5.7	3.07	4.07	5.67	8.81	18.34	2	2.1	-2.02	-1.02	0.36	0.85	6.76	1.02	3.1	1.69	-0.28	0.76	6.88	5.07	4.8	4.13	4.2	4.97	3.54	4.75
Waste	250.82	232.66	271.75	232.63	276.35	300.88	294.67	302.95	275.64	298.09	292.35	282.61	273.95	285.59	298.68	286.81	297.32	305.46	298.01	299.67	293.09	312.26	308.88	301.78	320.29	288.21	295.05	288.68	319.72	334.65	320.38	314.71	297.36	325.67	331.88	324.65	317.48
Industrial sector, total7	10,933.97	10,705.58	11,150.39	10,500.86	11,956	11,911.59	11,444.88	11,426.14	11,597.76	12,107.26	11,993.33	11,334.58	10,988.63	10,687.04	11,535.06	10,881.89	12,474.44	11,900.34	10,851.99	10,337.88	11,153.71	12,354.46	11,959.95	11,122.11	11,223.65	10,924.84	11,262.99	11,180.53	12,476.78	12,226.36	11,622.44	11,358.31	11,760.09	12,409.87	12,255.32	11,659.68	11,179.98
Natural gas	7,738.27	7,567.63	7,763.73	7,311.54	8,429.05	8,582.31	8,142.56	7,878.81	8,054.22	8,505.67	8,405.88	7,837.29	7,835.04	7,613.37	8,198.89	7,620.12	8,936.46	8,476.2	7,594.99	7,329.52	8,026.71	8,914.47	8,475.32	7,795.39	7,834.37	7,686.6	7,853.02	7,859.8	8,924.67	8,699.35	8,292.68	8,171.18	8,510.96	8,929.74	8,853.57	8,432.56	7,791.19
Coal	298.03	279.69	325.2	330.37	366.16	337.87	324.27	332.02	337.87	362.17	389.91	363.45	308.13	349.4	387.78	358.7	410.11	385.15	352.32	344.2	345.75	370.71	388.04	347.65	340.89	292.68	379.66	346.23	382.71	370.48	339.94	339.58	358.29	365.66	386.78	362.46	359.29
Petroleum	70	64.31	52.25	69.15	71.62	49.07	51.04	63.06	52.95	78.1	44.73	76.46	58.49	48.89	62.98	48.73	82.71	60.78	50.77	51.68	45.85	51.06	62.25	52.36	48.85	56.57	59.26	67.02	68.29	61.57	59.08	55.98	55.11	60.86	64.11	55.83	52.67
Other fossil gases	518.46	714.01	721.97	667.15	727.31	654.22	675.93	881.78	805.28	719.8	651.76	710.45	512.97	520.58	612.76	790.25	804.54	681.28	582.55	554.5	572.31	686.54	683.73	649.13	679.62	656.64	654.72	686.69	781.83	745.71	697.05	674.74	694.39	755.01	740.75	701.34	702.96
Hydroelectric	69.07	66.25	80.08	57.7	73.06	61.97	58	55.04	54.37	63.23	67.7	70.09	77.61	68.6	76.3	62.89	66.92	63.15	50.54	61.88	36.19	50.81	48.45	58.42	85.33	89.31	89.12	89.41	87.82	72.1	44.51	39.93	46.32	56.62	68.65	68.55	84.44
Wood	1,691.17	1,485.75	1,648.43	1,583.57	1,809.16	1,761.48	1,737.78	1,707.27	1,773.99	1,854.36	1,905.06	1,785.06	1,791.54	1,695.76	1,817.99	1,667.49	1,807.04	1,863.49	1,837.28	1,661.88	1,771.89	1,893.9	1,877.91	1,809.45	1,827.92	1,775.43	1,851.88	1,774.34	1,854.37	1,896.13	1,795.84	1,675.26	1,741.38	1,861.71	1,758.42	1,692.97	1,811.4
Waste	49.6	51.05	55.99	52.3	59.6	63.78	64.16	70.21	52.33	54.35	51.84	46.33	57.92	59.48	66.4	61.49	63.73	64.82	68.23	65.31	57.05	59.33	55.87	49.3	69.55	66.79	76.98	70.2	72.23	64.55	66.85	62.3	43	49.9	49.87	51.1	62.09
Electricity sales to ultimate customers2
Total end use2	330,910.97	312,670.49	325,385.07	333,418.83	367,771.48	349,514.31	310,379.39	331,944.65	357,681.39	404,670.86	419,593.72	368,364.65	323,311.23	305,403.23	318,638.97	331,318.95	374,263.2	339,859.77	306,511.37	326,165.64	354,095.72	406,426.77	409,772.66	366,924.27	325,038.05	297,016.93	308,368.57	314,260.15	355,982.46	324,662.11	305,690.46	319,286.62	358,094.74	404,719.12	399,453.96	340,338.06	309,763.76
Retail sales to ultimate customers4	320,096.37	302,126.84	314,308.23	323,034.52	355,940.17	337,715.73	299,021.81	320,588.01	346,202.17	392,630.9	407,629.72	357,100.38	312,488.74	294,846.38	307,241.26	320,561.01	361,981.07	328,187.7	295,796.04	315,901.98	343,070.71	394,199.46	397,872.59	355,881.97	313,961.45	286,256.8	297,278.28	303,258.34	343,716.52	312,641.84	294,248.49	308,065.41	346,476.44	392,436.03	387,256.11	328,798.08	298,705.57
Residential	106,659.41	98,321.75	108,867.73	128,054.68	145,115.01	129,666.74	101,222.41	107,313.19	126,777.51	155,203.86	168,010.65	135,822.12	104,855.87	97,306.29	108,968.72	127,517.29	152,328.59	125,503.72	98,781.89	106,083.28	127,340.05	159,098.42	164,833.25	138,920.46	107,604.72	94,674.02	102,203.05	115,477.19	142,353.53	118,916.96	101,906.59	103,313.77	132,807.01	161,460.19	159,714.83	121,319.61	100,230.51
Commercial	124,043.68	118,236.73	119,621.53	115,691.5	126,119.66	122,521.59	114,821.62	124,680.03	129,791.09	142,262.68	144,363.15	130,589.01	119,942.6	112,435.62	114,426.9	113,204.45	124,447.35	117,151.94	112,090.8	120,898.71	127,248.29	140,632.27	139,551	127,949.05	117,863.69	108,972.49	111,382.31	108,966.67	118,234.01	111,511.83	109,756.48	118,207.85	126,545.79	138,389.57	136,394.2	120,706.58	113,242.72
Industrial	88,820.86	85,004.33	85,227.76	78,653.49	84,042.72	84,906.78	82,422.33	88,004.46	89,041.13	94,539.73	94,651.31	90,022.31	87,134.44	84,535.9	83,210.48	79,228.87	84,519.21	84,927.24	84,368.99	88,353.89	87,919.71	93,847.51	92,847.61	88,445.99	87,901.1	82,078.06	83,100.08	78,276.68	82,517.33	81,651.68	82,036.28	85,978.38	86,472.08	92,008.71	90,526.45	86,193.15	84,703.58
Transportation	572.42	564.04	591.21	634.85	662.78	620.61	555.46	590.34	592.44	624.63	604.61	666.95	555.84	568.57	635.15	610.4	685.92	604.79	554.36	566.11	562.65	621.26	640.72	566.47	591.95	532.22	592.84	537.81	611.66	561.37	549.14	565.4	651.57	577.57	620.62	578.74	528.76
Direct use (on-site generation)	10,814.6	10,543.65	11,076.84	10,384.31	11,831.31	11,798.58	11,357.58	11,356.64	11,479.22	12,039.96	11,964	11,264.27	10,822.5	10,556.86	11,397.71	10,757.94	12,282.13	11,672.07	10,715.33	10,263.66	11,025.02	12,227.31	11,900.07	11,042.3	11,076.6	10,760.13	11,090.29	11,001.81	12,265.94	12,020.27	11,441.98	11,221.21	11,618.29	12,283.09	12,197.85	11,539.98	11,058.19
Memo: electric vehicle charging (estimate)	2,364.56	2,218.67	2,294.27	2,076.1	2,246.25	2,187.29	1,967.05	2,085.79	2,045.34	2,172.68	2,181.51	2,004.28	1,937.39	1,801.52	1,769.69	1,622.28	1,758.05	1,817.67	1,599.4	1,607.01	1,469.66	1,546.62	1,531.75	1,434.32	1,434.33	1,370.16	1,388.74	1,246.45	1,354.14	1,321.24	1,242.18	1,236.06	1,158.61	1,186.31	1,158.25	1,081.59	1,049.03
Fuel consumed for electricity generation4
Coal	25,772.43	22,583.37	25,208.07	31,207.4	39,839.66	37,159.54	30,963.28	30,996.1	33,387.4	39,685.2	45,095.4	36,541.48	27,924.76	25,863.5	28,016.13	35,178.67	45,882.03	35,378.38	26,333.04	27,311.9	31,493.31	39,363.85	40,449.69	34,427.91	26,177.81	21,239.61	22,380.1	25,982.19	42,393.29	32,031.08	29,548.51	29,579.7	34,222.66	43,887.15	44,412.16	33,541.2	25,483.59
Natural gas	1,029.18	922.42	942.16	967.79	1,117.72	1,073.24	972.15	1,060.09	1,245.23	1,436.01	1,517.8	1,233.92	996.53	854.55	856.41	953.07	1,150.16	1,062.44	1,009.9	1,089.75	1,244.27	1,521.58	1,551.56	1,260.4	1,070.78	905.03	941.5	934.71	1,162.83	1,046.54	987.44	1,041.99	1,226.45	1,499.76	1,502.22	1,205.1	1,016.18
Petroleum, total (coke converted to barrels)4	2,727.88	2,334.5	2,561.14	5,581.5	9,438.19	3,901.02	2,487.41	2,506.91	2,434.14	2,882.09	3,039.03	2,880.73	2,077.32	2,143.53	2,335.77	2,700.04	5,767.39	2,813.63	2,046.19	2,217.69	2,031.25	2,775.43	2,828.28	2,468.33	2,275.29	2,219.14	1,865.14	1,983.35	3,572.61	2,439.35	2,071.28	2,449.77	2,854.2	3,114.46	3,107.66	2,489.12	2,408.43
Distillate fuel oil	1,024.93	816.49	968.8	3,263.2	5,462.46	1,459.22	918.08	689.18	690.13	883.86	905.14	983.79	602.46	685.07	658.54	1,021.66	2,989.98	987.54	669.41	708.53	618.46	873.75	834.94	717.63	726.95	801.65	598.71	554.66	1,545.89	792.4	747.27	702.6	635.8	823.5	724.11	768.9	837.96
Residual fuel oil	739.78	712.53	772.38	1,363.49	2,496.63	1,675.32	739.08	835.91	806.2	850.03	974.87	880.93	698.94	713.12	756.27	851.78	1,475.86	1,007.07	767.97	846.61	786	823.2	861.96	783.99	762.12	679.7	692.84	688.94	1,025.16	777.8	786.84	957.96	883.16	821.2	897.49	759.62	739.39
Other petroleum liquids	140.64	126.37	223.6	260.39	628.86	169.05	126.29	117.31	102.02	128.93	122.4	147.37	70.57	95.23	111.24	147.39	252.01	133.44	97.34	95.89	80.27	115.83	135.47	112.03	87.27	110.72	127.77	141.16	186.12	134.15	136.79	164.24	146.74	143.9	156.19	151.12	111.74
Petroleum coke (thousand short tons)	164.51	135.82	119.27	138.89	170.05	119.49	140.79	172.9	167.16	203.86	207.32	173.73	141.07	130.02	161.95	135.84	209.91	137.12	102.3	113.33	109.3	192.53	199.19	170.94	139.79	125.41	89.17	119.72	163.09	147	80.08	125	237.7	265.17	265.97	161.9	143.87
Other fuels (trillion Btu)4
Other fossil gases	3.49	4.82	4.78	4.39	5	4.45	4.76	5.83	5.25	4.76	4.85	5.29	3.67	3.67	4.36	5.94	5.81	4.88	4.31	4.29	4.55	4.91	5.2	5.18	4.84	5.07	4.85	4.95	5.77	5.85	5.36	5.21	5.37	6.02	5.7	5.49	5.68
Wood	23.43	18.54	23.16	23.65	25.31	24.97	22.55	21.3	24.51	25.24	25.54	24.18	22.58	18.7	23.3	22.19	24.47	24.64	21.81	19.02	22.15	25.63	25.15	24.32	22.58	20.83	23.48	23.43	26.09	25.29	22.8	20.34	23.67	27.03	26.08	24.29	24.41
Waste	16	15.38	16.73	14.95	15.82	16.79	16.32	16.52	16.54	16.91	17.16	17.15	16.77	16.42	17.02	15.6	17.2	17.48	17.22	17.51	17.32	18.55	18.09	17.31	18.24	16.58	17.77	17.04	18.43	19.51	17.98	18.18	17.62	19	19.09	18.43	18.83
Other	11.38	10.62	11.27	10	10.99	11.82	11.55	11.29	11.45	12.07	12.22	11.37	11.5	11.17	11.13	10.25	11.51	11.96	11.73	11.56	11.45	12.57	12.52	11.82	12.28	11.15	11.64	11.32	12.5	13.03	12.09	12.38	11.86	12.93	13.15	12.27	12.22
Capacity factors by source13
Coal	35.7	32.5	34.8	48.1	57.6	52.1	44.8	42.8	47.8	54.5	62.7	51.9	38.2	36.5	37.8	52.7	62.7	48.7	35.9	37	43.7	53.2	55	49	35.6	29.9	29.8	36.2	56.8	42.3	39.7	38.6	46.4	58	58.3	44.5	32.6
Natural gas combined cycle	51.3	46.6	48.5	57	58.9	58.3	52.1	53.4	66.3	72.3	71.8	63.7	51.9	44.1	46.9	58	61.9	58.5	54.9	55.6	67.6	75.3	75.8	65.7	53.9	46.9	51.1	56.6	64.1	60	54.8	53.8	66.2	74.1	74	63.7	53
Natural gas combustion turbine	11.8	14.1	10.9	12.1	13.5	11.2	11.9	14.3	14.9	18.7	24.9	16.6	10.6	12	9.3	11	13.5	11	12.3	13.1	14.7	19.2	20.9	15.1	13.4	13.1	10.6	10	12.9	10.1	11.5	12.6	13.6	19	19.4	15	12.4
Natural gas steam turbine	19.1	18.3	16.4	17.2	19.2	16.4	15.4	19.3	21.3	26.9	32.4	24.2	17.3	17	11.8	15.8	18.8	14.2	16.4	19.5	21.6	32.4	32	26.3	20.4	15.9	13	10.4	15.9	10.8	14.1	16.3	22.4	31	31.7	22.1	15.4
Petroleum	4.5	4.7	4.2	6.7	9.1	5.1	4	5.1	4.4	5	7.1	5.3	3.8	3.7	3.6	4	6	4.2	3.7	3.7	3.5	4.6	5	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.4	4.5	3.3	3	3.6	5.4	5.4	5.5	4.1	3.4
Conventional hydroelectric	38.2	39.1	45.3	41.8	46.9	40.2	32	27.8	26.6	33.8	33.6	38.5	41	39.7	37.8	36.4	36.1	32.9	29.1	25.8	27.7	34.5	36	38.9	41.2	36.4	39.3	37.4	36.3	32.1	29.6	26.3	29.4	35.8	36.9	37.5	46.5
Wind	33.6	42.3	44.1	37	37.5	40	36.4	34.1	22.9	23.6	27.6	32.1	32.1	41.3	44.2	38	38.4	35	36.9	35.3	26.9	26.1	25.2	35.7	35.2	43.7	40.7	39.6	31.6	34.6	34.6	33.1	27.1	26.2	25.9	26.4	30
Solar photovoltaic	29.4	26.3	24.7	20.3	15.7	13.7	17.5	22.8	27.2	30.2	32.4	32.3	29.7	27.9	23.8	19	16.4	13.8	16.2	23.1	25.4	29.7	30.3	31.6	29	26.3	21.8	18.6	13.4	13.5	16.7	22	25.6	28.7	30.9	30.9	29.5
Solar thermal	34.6	26.4	21.6	12.8	7.6	11.5	13.1	22.7	25.7	32.8	36.1	39.2	32.1	30	16.5	15	8.6	11.7	13.8	22.8	32.7	33.1	33.7	40.1	38.8	32.2	21	12.4	7.5	9.9	15.7	26.1	27.7	28.3	35	34.6	27.4
Geothermal	63.6	62.7	66.1	69.3	69.9	67	64.5	62.6	65.9	66.9	63.7	65.4	62	66.7	68.6	68.5	68.6	68.8	67.3	62.4	61.5	60.8	60.4	61.5	61.9	65.5	67.4	69	69.3	72.9	73.7	70.4	67.4	63.1	64.6	66.5	66.9
Biomass	55.9	50.7	55.9	59.5	59.5	59.1	57.5	53.7	57.9	59.2	59.7	58.2	55.4	53.2	57.6	60.3	59	59.1	57.5	51.7	56.4	59.6	58.6	57.5	56.1	53.6	55.9	58.7	60.4	59.2	57.1	51.6	54.5	58.1	56.8	55.8	55.1
Pumped storage (usage factor)	13.7	11.7	11.2	10.1	9.8	10.3	8.9	10	13.3	15.1	18.5	15.9	11.7	9.7	8.8	10.4	9.8	9.4	8.7	8.3	13	16.3	16.8	15.6	12.5	9.1	7.4	9.7	9.5	8	8.3	8.7	13.3	15.5	15.7	13.8	10.9
Battery storage (usage factor)	8.7	8.7	9	8.7	8.1	7.3	7.6	7.9	8.7	10	8.5	8.2	8.7	8.6	8.4	7.7	7.7	8.6	8.8	9	8.3	9	8.8	8.1	8	8.4	7.9	7.3	6.2	6.3	6.7	7	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.5
Fuel stocks at electric power plants2
Petroleum coke stocks	371.44	359.7	346.4	288.87	286.7	307.38	310.75	286.55	278.07	333.69	325.6	342.37	390.38	357.96	368.04	404.96	395.19	438.09	404.33	427.75	469.55	398.87	410.27	331.66	311.01	308.57	333.06	308.44	311.72	427.45	368.99	283.73	278.74	355.81	440.31	532.75	599.77
Total petroleum stocks3	21,710.1	21,740.25	21,542.9	20,700.28	19,739.61	22,470.71	22,669.03	22,396.13	22,360.5	22,778.92	22,527.53	23,011.97	24,157.23	23,721.47	23,332.2	23,291.37	23,261.12	25,204.27	24,718.58	24,705.34	25,275.2	24,737.37	25,493.74	25,632.18	25,389.07	25,553.83	25,940.52	25,896.99	25,833.56	26,539.45	25,179.81	24,675.41	24,862.75	25,195.09	26,266.48	26,729.79	26,881.2
Distillate fuel oil stocks	15,061.97	15,251.94	15,274.58	15,086.12	14,457.95	16,078.34	15,890.77	15,865.59	15,862.24	15,880.45	15,687.54	15,907.52	16,637.35	16,454.54	16,151.59	16,215.82	16,039.8	17,044.47	16,633.32	16,490	16,812.54	16,520.01	17,040.29	17,300.18	17,002.99	17,099.23	17,430.73	17,564.16	17,608.99	17,627.68	16,887.79	16,796.18	16,837.02	16,776.8	17,393.39	17,535.74	17,331.21
Residual fuel oil stocks	4,443.19	4,338.61	4,182.88	3,807.2	3,534.75	4,392.38	4,749.94	4,616.09	4,620.03	4,743.57	4,688.34	4,852.13	5,006.85	4,910.64	4,832.77	4,535.27	4,713.72	5,291	5,419.03	5,434.83	5,464.76	5,572.54	5,729.5	5,973.61	6,110.67	6,190.63	6,117.74	6,065.31	5,929.3	6,057.68	5,907.12	5,944.08	6,115	6,119.6	6,144.07	5,976.79	5,995.36
Other petroleum liquids stocks	347.75	351.21	353.43	362.62	313.39	463.08	474.56	481.7	487.88	486.45	523.66	540.47	561.14	566.47	507.62	515.47	531.64	678.37	644.58	641.79	650.18	650.44	672.63	700.1	720.37	721.15	726.74	725.31	736.68	716.83	539.98	516.5	517.05	519.65	527.49	553.51	555.8

Latest reading

Total electricity generation stood at 354,690.53 Million kWh in May 2026. That is +7.3% from Apr 2026 and +3.1% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1973 to May 2026. Source: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy Review.

Latest: 354,690.53 Million kWh; May 2026
vs previous period: +7.3%; Apr 2026
vs a year earlier: +3.1%

About this data

Monthly electricity generation in the United States (MER chapters 7-8): power generation by fuel, generation-imports-losses-consumption balance, installed capacity by source, and nuclear electricity specifically with capacity factor and number of reactors. It also covers generation broken down by generation sector (electric power, commercial, industrial combined heat and power), retail electricity sales to ultimate customers by customer class, fuels consumed for electricity generation, capacity factors by plant type, and coal and petroleum stocks at power plants.

Frequently asked questions

What does the United States Electricity Generation by Source table measure?: It measures net electricity generation and generating capacity across the United States, broken down by specific fuel types such as natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, and solar, as well as by producing sectors.
How often is this electricity data published and how far back does it go?: The data is published monthly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the Monthly Energy Review, with continuous historical time series extending back to 1973.
What specific fuel and sector breakdowns are available in the table?: The table includes major categories such as fossil fuels, nuclear power, renewable energy, and net imports, alongside breakdowns for utilities and industrial or commercial combined-heat-and-power facilities.
How can this dataset be used for energy market analysis?: Analysts use this dataset to evaluate structural shifts in the United States power sector, monitor the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, and track monthly changes in electricity generation capacity.