Where Florida Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 73.0% | 197,507 GWh |
| Coal | 4.4% | 11,775 GWh |
| Nuclear | 10.3% | 27,907 GWh |
| Wind | 0.0% | 0 GWh |
| Solar | 9.8% | 26,599 GWh |
| Hydro | 0.0% | 52 GWh |
| Other | 2.5% | 6,638 GWh |
270.5 TWh generated over the 12 months to June 2026. Shares are of net generation within Florida, which is not the same as what the state consumes — power crosses state lines.
Counting rooftop solar
EIA reports small-scale solar — mostly rooftop panels on homes and businesses — separately, and leaves it out of the state generation total that the mix above is a share of. Florida generated 5,554 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 9.8% to 11.6%.
How the mix has shifted since 2001
| Source | 2001 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 22.8% | 72.9% | +50.1 pts |
| Coal | 35.7% | 3.8% | −31.9 pts |
| Nuclear | 16.5% | 11.4% | −5.1 pts |
| Wind | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Solar | 0.0% | 9.3% | +9.3 pts |
| Hydro | 0.1% | 0.0% | −0.1 pts |
| Other | 24.8% | 2.5% | −22.3 pts |
Compared with the U.S. and nearby states
Florida's generation mix in context
Natural gas supplied 73% of Florida's electricity generation from June 2025 to May 2026, dominating the mix far more than it does nationally, where it provided 40.8%. Nuclear power accounted for 10.4%, while coal made up 4.3%. Solar generation reached 9.7% when measured as utility-scale alone, or 11.5% when rooftop solar is included in the total. The renewable share stood at 10.9%, well below the national figure of 24.9%, placing Florida 39th among the 51 states and DC with generation data. Carbon-free sources together supplied 21.3%.
The long-run shift has been dramatic. Coal, which dominated at 35.7% in 2001, has fallen to 3.8% in 2025. That collapse has been more than offset by a surge in natural gas, which grew from 22.8% to 72.9% across the same span. Solar emerged from nothing to reach 9.3% by 2025. The renewable share climbed from 2.1% to 10.6% in calendar 2025, a gain of 8.5 percentage points. Nuclear declined slightly, from 16.5% to 11.4%, while other sources shrank from 24.8% to 2.5%.
Among its neighbours, Florida stands between Georgia and Alabama on renewable energy. Georgia's renewable share of 12.5% exceeds Florida's, while Alabama's 8.4% falls below it. Both neighbouring states, like Florida, rely primarily on natural gas for their generation. On solar specifically, Florida ranks 13th among all states and DC, a position far stronger than its overall renewable standing suggests.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
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How this is measured
Figures are net generation reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration for all sectors — utilities, independent power producers, and industrial and commercial plants that generate their own power. Shares are of the 12 months to June 2026, rather than a single month, because generation is strongly seasonal: solar peaks in summer and hydro with the spring melt, so one month says more about the weather than about the grid.
“Other” is the reported total minus the six named sources, so the shares add to exactly 100%. It holds geothermal, biomass, petroleum, other gases, and pumped storage — the last of which consumes more electricity than it returns, and so can be negative. Geothermal and biomass are renewable, which is why the renewable share above is slightly larger than wind, solar and hydro added together.
This is generation, not consumption. Electricity crosses state lines freely, so a state can generate more than it uses or rely on imports for a large part of its supply; neither shows up here.