Where Texas Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, July 2025 – June 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 48.0% | 287,835 GWh |
| Coal | 11.1% | 66,347 GWh |
| Nuclear | 6.7% | 40,271 GWh |
| Wind | 22.3% | 133,985 GWh |
| Solar | 11.3% | 68,007 GWh |
| Hydro | 0.2% | 1,105 GWh |
| Other | 0.4% | 2,458 GWh |
600 TWh generated over the 12 months to June 2026. Shares are of net generation within Texas, 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. Texas generated 5,624 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 11.3% to 12.2%.
How the mix has shifted since 2001
| Source | 2001 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 51.0% | 48.8% | −2.3 pts |
| Coal | 36.3% | 11.7% | −24.6 pts |
| Nuclear | 10.2% | 7.0% | −3.2 pts |
| Wind | 0.3% | 21.9% | +21.6 pts |
| Solar | -0.0% | 9.9% | +9.9 pts |
| Hydro | 0.3% | 0.2% | −0.1 pts |
| Other | 1.8% | 0.5% | −1.3 pts |
Compared with the U.S. and nearby states
| Where | Renewable | Carbon-free | Largest source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 34.0% | 40.7% | Natural gas 48.0% |
| U.S. average | 25.2% | 42.9% | Natural gas 40.7% |
| New Mexico | 53.4% | 53.4% | Wind |
| Oklahoma | 48.9% | 48.9% | Wind |
| Arkansas | 13.8% | 34.6% | Natural gas |
| Louisiana | 5.1% | 22.0% | Natural gas |
Texas's generation mix in context
Natural gas supplied 48.1% of Texas's electricity generation in the twelve months ending May 2026, making it the largest source. Wind accounted for 22.2%, and solar for 11.1% when counting utility-scale solar alone, or 11.9% when rooftop solar is included. Nuclear contributed 6.8%, coal 11.2%, and hydro 0.2%, with other sources making up the remaining 0.4%.
Renewables together generated 33.7% of the state's electricity, placing Texas 19th among all states and DC. Solar generation ranked 9th nationally. Carbon-free sources—renewables plus nuclear—supplied 40.5% of generation. This renewable share was 8.8 percentage points higher than the national average of 24.9%, though fossil fuels still accounted for 59.7% of the mix.
Since 2001, Texas has undergone a dramatic shift. Renewable generation grew from 0.9% in 2001 to 32.2% in 2025, driven by wind climbing from 0.3% to 21.9% and solar rising from 0% to 9.9%. Coal fell steeply, from 36.3% to 11.7%, while natural gas held relatively steady at 51% then, 48.8% now. Of Texas's four bordering states, two have higher renewable shares: New Mexico at 52.7% and Oklahoma at 48.3%, both led by wind. Arkansas and Louisiana generate less renewable power, at 13.8% and 5.1% respectively.
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.