Where Georgia Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 39.6% | 58,472 GWh |
| Coal | 13.9% | 20,461 GWh |
| Nuclear | 34.5% | 50,962 GWh |
| Wind | 0.0% | 0 GWh |
| Solar | 7.6% | 11,269 GWh |
| Hydro | 1.9% | 2,788 GWh |
| Other | 2.5% | 3,623 GWh |
147.6 TWh generated over the 12 months to June 2026. Shares are of net generation within Georgia, 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. Georgia generated 642 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 7.6% to 8.0%.
How the mix has shifted since 2001
| Source | 2001 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 3.3% | 38.8% | +35.5 pts |
| Coal | 63.0% | 13.7% | −49.4 pts |
| Nuclear | 28.5% | 34.9% | +6.5 pts |
| Wind | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| Solar | 0.0% | 7.7% | +7.7 pts |
| Hydro | 2.2% | 2.0% | −0.2 pts |
| Other | 3.1% | 2.9% | −0.2 pts |
Compared with the U.S. and nearby states
| Where | Renewable | Carbon-free | Largest source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 12.5% | 47.0% | Natural gas 39.6% |
| U.S. average | 25.2% | 42.9% | Natural gas 40.7% |
| North Carolina | 14.3% | 45.0% | Natural gas |
| Tennessee | 12.5% | 58.6% | Nuclear |
| Florida | 11.0% | 21.4% | Natural gas |
| Alabama | 8.3% | 40.5% | Natural gas |
| South Carolina | 7.3% | 59.8% | Nuclear |
Georgia's generation mix in context
Natural gas supplied 39.5% of Georgia's electricity generation in the twelve months since June 2025, slightly less than its national share of 40.8%. Nuclear power was the second-largest source at 34.6%, well above the national figure of 17.7%, while coal fell to 13.8%, below the national average of 15.8%. Together, natural gas and nuclear made up nearly three-quarters of generation. Solar contributed 7.7% of utility-scale generation, or 8.1% when rooftop solar is included; this placed Georgia 18th among the 51 states and DC with generation data.
Renewables accounted for 12.5% of generation, putting Georgia 36th in the ranking of renewable shares. This was 12.4 percentage points below the national renewable share of 24.9%, and equalled Tennessee's renewable generation share; it remained higher than Florida, Alabama and South Carolina, though lower than North Carolina. Carbon-free sources, which add nuclear to renewables, supplied 47.2% of Georgia's electricity, compared with 42.6% nationally.
The generation mix has shifted markedly since 2001. Coal fell from 63.0% in 2001 to 13.7% in 2025, while natural gas rose from 3.3% to 38.8% over the same span. Nuclear grew from 28.5% to 34.9%. Solar emerged during this period, reaching 7.7% by 2025, and renewables as a whole grew from 4.7% in 2001 to 12.9% in 2025, a gain of 8.2 percentage points.
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.