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Where Texas Gets Its Electricity

Name: Texas Electricity Generation by Fuel Source
Creator: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Net generation by source · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.

Renewable

33.7%

19th highest of 51

Carbon-free

40.5%

Renewables plus nuclear

Largest source

Natural gas

48.1%

Generation mix

48%

22%

Texas electricity generation by source, June 2025 – May 2026
Source	Share	Generation
Natural gas	48.1%	286,522 GWh
Coal	11.2%	66,668 GWh
Nuclear	6.8%	40,621 GWh
Wind	22.2%	132,596 GWh
Solar	11.1%	65,971 GWh
Hydro	0.2%	1,130 GWh
Other	0.4%	2,509 GWh

596 TWh generated over the 12 months to May 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

Utility-scale solar

11.1%

Including rooftop

11.9%

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 5,588 GWh that way. Counting it on both sides of the ratio takes solar from 11.1% to 11.9%.

How the mix has shifted since 2016

Share of generation by source in 2016 and 2025
Source	2016	2025	Change
Natural gas	49.8%	48.8%	−1.0 pts
Coal	26.7%	11.7%	−15.0 pts
Nuclear	9.3%	7.0%	−2.2 pts
Wind	12.7%	21.9%	+9.2 pts
Solar	0.2%	9.9%	+9.8 pts
Hydro	0.3%	0.2%	−0.1 pts
Other	1.1%	0.5%	−0.6 pts

Compared with the U.S. and nearby states

Where	Renewable	Carbon-free	Largest source
Texas	33.7%	40.5%	Natural gas 48.1%
U.S. average	24.9%	42.6%	Natural gas 40.8%
New Mexico	52.7%	52.7%	Wind
Oklahoma	48.3%	48.3%	Wind
Arkansas	13.8%	34.6%	Natural gas
Louisiana	5.1%	21.9%	Natural gas

Texas's generation mix in context

Natural gas supplies 48.1% of Texas electricity generation, making it the largest source. Renewable sources account for 33.7% of generation, placing the state 19th among the 51 states and DC with generation data. Carbon-free generation — renewables plus nuclear — reaches 40.5%. The solar share is 11.1% when counting utility-scale solar alone, or 11.9% including rooftop solar, making Texas the 9th-ranked state for solar generation.

Wind and solar have driven dramatic growth over the past decade. Wind generation rose from 12.7% in 2016 to 21.9% in 2025, while solar climbed from 0.2% to 9.9% over the same period. Coal fell sharply, dropping from 26.7% to 11.7%, and natural gas declined slightly from 49.8% to 48.8%. Renewable generation overall expanded from 13.5% in 2016 to 32.2% in 2025, a gain of 18.7 percentage points.

Compared with the nation, Texas generates natural gas at a higher share — 48.1% against 40.8% nationally — but renewables account for a larger portion. The renewable share stands 8.8 percentage points above the national figure of 24.9%. Among bordering states, two have higher renewable shares: New Mexico at 52.7% and Oklahoma at 48.3%. Arkansas and Louisiana both generate less from renewables, at 13.8% and 5.1% respectively.

Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.

Frequently asked questions

›What percentage of Texas's electricity comes from renewable energy?

33.7% of the electricity generated in Texas comes from renewable sources — wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass — over the 12 months to May 2026. That compares with 24.9% nationally. Counting nuclear as well, 40.5% of Texas's generation is carbon-free.

›What percentage of Texas's power comes from solar?

Utility-scale solar farms supply 11.1% of Texas's electricity generation. Adding small-scale rooftop solar, which EIA reports separately and leaves out of the state total, takes it to 11.9%. Nationally, utility-scale solar is 7.2%.

›Where does Texas get most of its electricity?

Natural gas is the largest single source of electricity generated in Texas, at 48.1% of the total. The rest breaks down as coal 11.2%, nuclear 6.8%, wind 22.2%, solar 11.1%.

›Does Texas still burn coal for electricity?

Yes. Coal supplies 11.2% of Texas's electricity generation, compared with 15.8% nationally. In 2016 it was 26.7%, so the share has fallen since.

›Is Texas getting greener?

Renewables have gone from 13.5% of Texas's generation in 2016 to 32.2% in 2025, a rise of 18.7 percentage points. Over the same decade coal went from 26.7% to 11.7% and natural gas from 49.8% to 48.8%.

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.