Where Texas Gets Its Electricity
Net generation by source · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
Generation mix
| Source | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 47.5% | 290,956 GWh |
| Coal | 10.8% | 66,373 GWh |
| Nuclear | 6.6% | 40,225 GWh |
| Wind | 22.4% | 136,936 GWh |
| Solar | 12.2% | 74,434 GWh |
| Hydro | 0.2% | 1,089 GWh |
| Other | 0.4% | 2,435 GWh |
612.4 TWh generated over the 12 months to August 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 5,705 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 12.2% to 13.0%.
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 | 34.9% | 41.4% | Natural gas 47.5% |
| U.S. average | 25.4% | 43.0% | Natural gas 40.9% |
| New Mexico | 54.5% | 54.5% | Wind |
| Oklahoma | 49.5% | 49.5% | Wind |
| Arkansas | 14.8% | 35.6% | Natural gas |
| Louisiana | 5.2% | 21.7% | Natural gas |
Texas's generation mix in context
Natural gas supplied 47.5% of Texas's electricity generation in the twelve months from September 2025 to August 2026, making it the largest source. Renewable sources accounted for 34.9% of generation, and carbon-free sources for 41.4%. Solar alone made up 12.2% of generation on a utility-scale basis, or 13% when rooftop solar is included, placing Texas eighth among the 50 states and DC for solar share. Renewables ranked eighteenth.
Texas generated far more renewable electricity than the nation as a whole. The national renewable share stood at 25.4%, making Texas's 34.9% notably higher. Gas supplied a larger share of generation in Texas than nationally—47.5% against 40.9%—while coal's share was lower at 10.8% versus the national 15.4%. Among its four bordering states, two held higher renewable shares and two held lower ones: New Mexico reached 54.5% and Oklahoma 49.5%, while Arkansas generated 14.8% and Louisiana 5.2% from renewable sources.
The composition of Texas's generation has shifted markedly since 2001. Wind rose from 0.3% in 2001 to 21.9% in 2025, and solar emerged from nothing to reach 9.9% in 2025, transforming the state's energy profile. Over the same period, coal fell from 36.3% to 11.7%, a decline of 24.6 percentage points. Renewables as a whole grew from 0.9% in 2001 to 32.2% in 2025, while natural gas edged down from 51% to 48.8%.
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.