Where Kansas Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 6.5% | 4,130 GWh |
| Coal | 28.5% | 18,051 GWh |
| Nuclear | 14.7% | 9,281 GWh |
| Wind | 48.8% | 30,903 GWh |
| Solar | 1.1% | 701 GWh |
| Hydro | 0.0% | 27 GWh |
| Other | 0.3% | 186 GWh |
63.3 TWh generated over the 12 months to May 2026. Shares are of net generation within Kansas, 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. Kansas generated 215 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 1.1% to 1.4%.
How the mix has shifted since 2016
| Source | 2016 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 4.3% | 6.5% | +2.2 pts |
| Coal | 48.5% | 30.7% | −17.8 pts |
| Nuclear | 17.3% | 14.7% | −2.6 pts |
| Wind | 29.6% | 47.0% | +17.4 pts |
| Solar | 0.0% | 0.8% | +0.8 pts |
| Hydro | 0.1% | 0.0% | — |
| Other | 0.2% | 0.3% | +0.1 pts |
Compared with the U.S. and nearby states
Kansas's generation mix in context
Wind is the largest electricity source in Kansas, supplying 48.8% of generation since June 2025. Carbon-free sources—wind, nuclear and the renewables hidden in other—together account for 64.7% of the state's generation, while renewable sources reach 50.1%. Utility-scale solar alone contributes 1.1% of generation; counting rooftop solar raises the renewable share to 1.4%. These figures place Kansas 12th among the 51 states and DC for renewable generation and 41st for solar.
Over the past decade, Kansas has shifted decisively toward renewables. Wind generation grew from 29.6% in 2016 to 47.0% in 2025, while coal fell from 48.5% to 30.7% over the same span. The renewable share climbed 18.1 percentage points to 47.9% by 2025. Natural gas rose modestly from 4.3% to 6.5%, and nuclear slipped from 17.3% to 14.7%.
Compared with the nation, Kansas generates far more wind—48.8% against the national 10.6%—and far less natural gas, at 6.5% versus 40.8%. The state's 50.1% renewable share exceeds the national 24.9% by 25.2 percentage points. All four bordering states rank lower in renewable generation: Oklahoma at 48.3%, Colorado at 46.5%, Nebraska at 32.2%, and Missouri at 14.7%.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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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 May 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.