Where America’s Electricity Comes From
Net generation by source for all 50 states and DC · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
The national mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 40.9% | 1,841,726 GWh |
| Coal | 15.4% | 692,995 GWh |
| Nuclear | 17.6% | 791,869 GWh |
| Wind | 10.8% | 486,537 GWh |
| Solar | 7.6% | 340,753 GWh |
| Hydro | 5.7% | 254,988 GWh |
| Other | 2.1% | 94,434 GWh |
How the national mix has shifted since 2001
| Source | 2001 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 17.1% | 40.8% | +23.7 pts |
| Coal | 51.0% | 16.6% | −34.3 pts |
| Nuclear | 20.6% | 17.7% | −2.9 pts |
| Wind | 0.2% | 10.5% | +10.3 pts |
| Solar | 0.0% | 6.7% | +6.7 pts |
| Hydro | 5.8% | 5.6% | −0.3 pts |
| Other | 5.4% | 2.1% | −3.2 pts |
Renewables went from 7.7% of US generation in 2001 to 24.1% in 2025; coal from 51.0% to 16.6%.
What the national mix shows
Natural gas supplies 40.9% of electricity generated in the United States, the largest share in the trailing twelve months since September 2025. Nuclear power and coal together make up nearly a third of generation at 17.6% and 15.4% respectively. The carbon-free share, combining nuclear and renewables, stands at 43%, while renewables alone account for 25.4%. When rooftop solar is included alongside utility-scale solar in the calculation, the solar share rises to 9.6%; utility-scale solar alone contributes 7.6%.
The generation mix has shifted steeply since 2001. Coal's share has collapsed from 51% in 2001 to 16.6% in 2025, while natural gas has more than doubled from 17.1% to 40.8%. Renewables have grown from 7.7% in 2001 to 24.1% in 2025, driven primarily by wind power, which rose from 0.2% to 10.5%, and solar, which grew from nothing to 6.7%. Nuclear generation has remained relatively stable, declining slightly from 20.6% to 17.7%.
Across the period since 2001, generation from sources in the "other" category, which includes geothermal and biomass, has fallen from 5.4% to 2.1%. Hydroelectric generation has held nearly steady at around 5.6% to 5.8%. These shifts reflect a transition away from coal-fired generation toward natural gas and renewable energy sources, though fossil fuels still account for 57% of total generation.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
Every state, ranked by renewable share
| # | State | Renewable | Carbon-free | Largest source | Generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | 99.4% | 99.4% | Hydro 51% | 2.1 TWh |
| 2 | South Dakota | 81.8% | 81.8% | Wind 56% | 21.9 TWh |
| 3 | Washington | 78.4% | 87.3% | Hydro 69% | 110.3 TWh |
| 4 | Idaho | 73.4% | 73.4% | Hydro 48% | 21.8 TWh |
| 5 | Oregon | 68.0% | 68.0% | Hydro 47% | 67.3 TWh |
| 6 | Montana | 62.8% | 62.8% | Hydro 37% | 27.9 TWh |
| 7 | Iowa | 61.4% | 61.4% | Wind 58% | 75.3 TWh |
| 8 | Maine | 58.6% | 58.6% | Natural gas 37% | 15 TWh |
| 9 | California | 56.8% | 66.1% | Natural gas 34% | 200.4 TWh |
| 10 | New Mexico | 54.5% | 54.5% | Wind 37% | 45.8 TWh |
| 11 | Kansas | 50.7% | 65.3% | Wind 49% | 63.6 TWh |
| 12 | District of Columbia | 50.1% | 50.1% | Other 46% | 0.2 TWh |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 49.5% | 49.5% | Wind 45% | 95.5 TWh |
| 14 | Colorado | 48.7% | 48.7% | Natural gas 36% | 55.1 TWh |
| 15 | Nevada | 42.1% | 42.1% | Natural gas 55% | 46.6 TWh |
| 16 | North Dakota | 41.0% | 41.0% | Coal 53% | 44.7 TWh |
| 17 | Minnesota | 35.0% | 57.6% | Wind 26% | 59.1 TWh |
| 18 | Texas | 34.9% | 41.4% | Natural gas 48% | 612.4 TWh |
| 19 | Wyoming | 34.4% | 34.4% | Coal 52% | 44.6 TWh |
| 20 | Nebraska | 32.2% | 49.1% | Coal 46% | 40.6 TWh |
| 21 | Alaska | 31.6% | 31.6% | Natural gas 40% | 7 TWh |
| 22 | New York | 29.0% | 49.5% | Natural gas 48% | 134.4 TWh |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 23.9% | 23.9% | Natural gas 71% | 20.8 TWh |
| 24 | Utah | 23.0% | 23.0% | Natural gas 39% | 38.7 TWh |
| 25 | Arizona | 22.3% | 48.5% | Natural gas 45% | 118.8 TWh |
| 26 | Hawaii | 20.0% | 20.0% | Other 84% | 9.5 TWh |
| 27 | Indiana | 18.4% | 18.4% | Coal 42% | 110.3 TWh |
| 28 | Illinois | 18.2% | 67.5% | Nuclear 49% | 196.1 TWh |
| 29 | Missouri | 15.5% | 29.3% | Coal 56% | 73 TWh |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 14.8% | 30.3% | Natural gas 36% | 65 TWh |
| 31 | Arkansas | 14.8% | 35.6% | Natural gas 37% | 67.8 TWh |
| 32 | Michigan | 14.1% | 34.9% | Natural gas 46% | 125.3 TWh |
| 33 | Virginia | 13.9% | 40.7% | Natural gas 56% | 103.9 TWh |
| 34 | North Carolina | 13.8% | 44.1% | Natural gas 42% | 139 TWh |
| 35 | Tennessee | 13.0% | 58.5% | Nuclear 46% | 82.6 TWh |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 12.9% | 65.6% | Nuclear 53% | 18.7 TWh |
| 37 | Georgia | 12.4% | 46.8% | Natural gas 40% | 148.7 TWh |
| 38 | Rhode Island | 12.2% | 12.2% | Natural gas 86% | 9.2 TWh |
| 39 | Florida | 11.3% | 21.5% | Natural gas 73% | 271.9 TWh |
| 40 | Maryland | 11.0% | 48.7% | Natural gas 41% | 39.7 TWh |
| 41 | Kentucky | 9.4% | 9.4% | Coal 63% | 72.5 TWh |
| 42 | Ohio | 8.4% | 20.1% | Natural gas 57% | 154.9 TWh |
| 43 | Alabama | 8.1% | 40.0% | Natural gas 45% | 144.8 TWh |
| 44 | South Carolina | 7.0% | 59.1% | Nuclear 52% | 103.1 TWh |
| 45 | Mississippi | 6.7% | 19.8% | Natural gas 76% | 77.5 TWh |
| 46 | West Virginia | 5.9% | 5.9% | Coal 87% | 55.4 TWh |
| 47 | Louisiana | 5.2% | 21.7% | Natural gas 71% | 108 TWh |
| 48 | Delaware | 5.1% | 5.1% | Natural gas 88% | 5.3 TWh |
| 49 | New Jersey | 4.3% | 50.0% | Natural gas 49% | 61.4 TWh |
| 50 | Pennsylvania | 3.9% | 34.9% | Natural gas 58% | 244 TWh |
| 51 | Connecticut | 3.7% | 40.9% | Natural gas 56% | 45.7 TWh |
Renewable = wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass. Carbon-free adds nuclear. Shares are of each state’s own net generation.
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How this is measured
Net generation reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration for all sectors, averaged over the 12 months to August 2026 rather than taken from a single month — generation is strongly seasonal, and one month would say more about the weather than about the grid.
Shares are of generation, not consumption. Electricity crosses state lines, so a state can generate far more than it uses, or import much of what it consumes. Utility-scale solar is what the solar share counts; rooftop panels are reported separately by EIA and are broken out on each state’s own page.