Where Florida Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 72.8% | 197,839 GWh |
| Coal | 4.5% | 12,172 GWh |
| Nuclear | 10.3% | 27,893 GWh |
| Wind | 0.0% | 0 GWh |
| Solar | 10.1% | 27,332 GWh |
| Hydro | 0.0% | 57 GWh |
| Other | 2.4% | 6,586 GWh |
271.9 TWh generated over the 12 months to August 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 5,652 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 10.1% to 11.9%.
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 72.8% of Florida's electricity generation in the twelve months ending August 2026, making it by far the largest source. Nuclear power accounted for 10.3%, while solar contributed 10.1% of utility-scale generation alone — or 11.9% when rooftop solar is included. Together, carbon-free sources made up 21.5% of the state's generation mix, though renewables alone accounted for just 11.3%, ranking Florida 39th among the 50 states and DC. Solar generation ranked 12th.
Florida's generation mix has undergone dramatic shifts over recent decades. Gas grew from 22.8% in 2001 to 72.9% in 2025, while coal collapsed from 35.7% to 3.8% across the same span. Solar emerged from nothing to reach 9.3% in 2025, driving the renewable share up from 2.1% to 10.6%. Nuclear declined slightly, losing 5.1 percentage points over the period.
Compared with the nation, Florida's electricity generation is far more dependent on gas — 31.9 percentage points above the national average of 40.9% — and carries substantially less coal at 4.5% versus 15.4% nationally. The state's renewable share of 11.3% trails the national figure of 25.4% by 14.1 percentage points. Among Florida's neighbors, Georgia's renewable share of 12.4% exceeds the state's, while Alabama's 8.1% falls short.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 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 August 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.