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  1. Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2024, by fuel

    • statista.com
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    Updated May 14, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2024, by fuel [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
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    May 14, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In the United States, electricity derived from coal has decreased over the past two decades, with the annual output declining by almost 65 percent between 2010 and 2024. In contrast, there has been a rise in natural gas and renewable sources within the energy mix. How is electricity generated in the U.S.? Most electricity in the U.S. is generated from steam turbines, which can be powered by fossil and nuclear fuels, biomass, geothermal, and solar thermal energy. Other systems such as gas turbines, hydro turbines, wind turbines, and solar photovoltaics are also major generation technologies. Electric utilities in the U.S. generated more than 2,241 terawatt hours in 2024, accounting for just over half of the power output in the country that year. Growing renewable capacity Renewable sources have become more prominent in the U.S. over the past years, particularly wind, hydro, and solar energy. The former has overtaken conventional hydropower, becoming the leading renewable energy source in the U.S. since 2019. Wind and solar power have also accounted for the largest share of electricity capacity additions in the country in recent years.

  2. Share of electricity generation in the U.S. 2007-2024, by fuel

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    Updated May 9, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Share of electricity generation in the U.S. 2007-2024, by fuel [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/528603/distribution-electricity-net-generation-in-the-us-by-fuel-type/
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    May 9, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Throughout the past decade, the United States has been notably decreasing its use of coal, and increasing the use of natural gas and renewable energy sources for electricity generation. In 2024, natural gas was by far the largest source of electricity in the North American country, with a generation share of 43 percent. Renewable energy's share amounted to 24 percent that year.

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    Hourly U.S. Electricity Generation

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    Updated Aug 4, 2021
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    Steve Cicala (2021). Hourly U.S. Electricity Generation [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3886/E146802V1
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    Aug 4, 2021
    Dataset provided by
    American Economic Association
    Authors
    Steve Cicala
    License

    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 1999 - Jan 1, 2012
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This deposit combines data from https://doi.org/10.3886/E146782V1 and https://doi.org/10.3886/E146801V1 to produce files containing the hourly generation, costs, and capacities of virtually all power plants in the lower 48 United States between 1999-2012 for their use in "Data and Code for: Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation" (https://doi.org/10.3886/E115467V1).

  4. Forecast: Electricity Generation in the US 2022 - 2026

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    Updated Apr 4, 2024
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    ReportLinker (2024). Forecast: Electricity Generation in the US 2022 - 2026 [Dataset]. https://www.reportlinker.com/dataset/7505cabb880620535e911a87420b7bd39fd5fa78
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    Apr 4, 2024
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    ReportLinker
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    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Forecast: Electricity Generation in the US 2022 - 2026 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

  5. Annual Summary Electricity Statistics for the U. S. From 2003 - Latest Year...

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    Updated Jul 6, 2021
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    U.S. Energy Information Administration (2021). Annual Summary Electricity Statistics for the U. S. From 2003 - Latest Year Available [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/annual-summary-electricity-statistics-for-the-u-s-from-2003-latest-year-available
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    Jul 6, 2021
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    Energy Information Administrationhttp://www.eia.gov/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Annual data back to 2003 at the national level for electricity generation; capacity; consumption and cost of fossil fuels; sales, price and revenue; emissions; demand-side management; and operating revenues, expenses, and income. Based on Form EIA-860 and Form EIA-861 data.

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    Industrial Production: Utilities: Electric Power Generation, Transmission,...

    • fred.stlouisfed.org
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    Updated Jun 17, 2025
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    (2025). Industrial Production: Utilities: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (NAICS = 2211) [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IPG2211S
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 17, 2025
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    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domainhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domain

    Description

    Graph and download economic data for Industrial Production: Utilities: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (NAICS = 2211) (IPG2211S) from Jan 1972 to May 2025 about power transmission, distributive, electricity, IP, production, industry, indexes, and USA.

  7. Renewables share of electricity generation in the U.S. 2000-2024

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    Updated Jun 27, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Renewables share of electricity generation in the U.S. 2000-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183396/proportion-of-renewables-in-us-electricity-generation-since-2000/
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    Jun 27, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2024, renewable sources accounted for ***** percent of the electricity generated in the United States. The share of renewables in the country's electricity generation has been continually increasing for over a decade. In addition, renewables accounted for over ** percent of the power capacity additions in the U.S. in the same year. Renewable energy sources in the U.S. Wind power was the leading renewable energy source in the country, accounting for over ** percent of the total electricity supply in the U.S., followed by hydropower. Renewable energy generation in the U.S. amounted to *** terawatt-hours in 2023. The growth of renewables in the U.S. According to a recent forecast, the renewable electricity capacity in the U.S. is projected to triple between 2022 and 2040 in a reference scenario, although this figure could be higher in the case of low renewable cost. In 2023, onshore wind and solar photovoltaic energy had some of the lowest levelized cost of electricity in the country.

  8. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total

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    CEICdata.com, United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/united-states/energy-production-and-consumption/us-electricity-production-from-coal-sources--of-total
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    CEIC Data
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 2004 - Dec 1, 2015
    Area covered
    United States
    Variables measured
    Industrial Production
    Description

    United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data was reported at 34.233 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.651 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 51.846 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.679 % in 1988 and a record low of 34.233 % in 2015. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

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    Power Plants in the U.S.

    • gis-fema.hub.arcgis.com
    • anrgeodata.vermont.gov
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    Updated Nov 26, 2019
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    Esri U.S. Federal Datasets (2019). Power Plants in the U.S. [Dataset]. https://gis-fema.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/b063316fac7345dba4bae96eaa813b2f
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    Nov 26, 2019
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    Power Plants in the U.S.This feature layer, utilizing data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), depicts all operable electric generating plants by energy source in the U.S. This includes plants that are operating, on standby, or short- or long-term out of service. The data covers all plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 1 MW (Megawatt) or more.Per EIA, "The United States uses many different energy sources and technologies to generate electricity. The sources and technologies have changed over time, and some are used more than others. The three major categories of energy for electricity generation are fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), nuclear energy, and renewable energy sources. Most electricity is generated with steam turbines using fossil fuels, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, and solar thermal energy. Other major electricity generation technologies include gas turbines, hydro turbines, wind turbines, and solar photovoltaics."Madison Gas & Electric Company, Sycamore Power PlantData currency: This cached Esri service is checked monthly for updates from its federal source (Power Plants)Data modification: NoneFor more information, please visit:Electricity ExplainedEIA-860, Annual Electric Generator ReportEIA-860M, Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator ReportEIA-923, Power Plant Operations ReportSupport documentation: MetadataFor feedback: ArcGIScomNationalMaps@esri.comEnergy Information AdministrationPer EIA, "The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment."

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    USA Fossil fuels electricity generation - data, chart | TheGlobalEconomy.com...

    • theglobaleconomy.com
    csv, excel, xml
    Updated Nov 7, 2018
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    Globalen LLC (2018). USA Fossil fuels electricity generation - data, chart | TheGlobalEconomy.com [Dataset]. www.theglobaleconomy.com/USA/fossil_fuels_electricity_generation/
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    xml, excel, csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Nov 7, 2018
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Globalen LLC
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1980 - Dec 31, 2023
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The USA: Fossil fuels electricity generation, billion kilowatthours: The latest value from 2023 is 2509.19 billion kilowatthours, a decline from 2553.23 billion kilowatthours in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 92.45 billion kilowatthours, based on data from 189 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1980 to 2023 is 2416.52 billion kilowatthours. The minimum value, 1644.06 billion kilowatthours, was reached in 1982 while the maximum of 2992.24 billion kilowatthours was recorded in 2007.

  11. Forecast: Total Support on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024 -...

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    Updated Apr 7, 2024
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    ReportLinker (2024). Forecast: Total Support on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024 - 2028 [Dataset]. https://www.reportlinker.com/dataset/66edc4d71c8f636520861f340aaa1ad82ba7428d
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    Apr 7, 2024
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    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Area covered
    United States
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    Forecast: Total Support on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024 - 2028 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

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    United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total

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    CEICdata.com, United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total [Dataset]. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/united-states/energy-production-and-consumption/us-electricity-production-from-oil-sources--of-total
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Dec 1, 2004 - Dec 1, 2015
    Area covered
    United States
    Variables measured
    Industrial Production
    Description

    United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data was reported at 0.904 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.923 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 4.834 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.167 % in 1977 and a record low of 0.774 % in 2012. United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

  13. U.S. electricity generation from wood and biomass 2025-2050

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    • statista.com
    Updated Apr 12, 2024
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    Statista Research Department (2024). U.S. electricity generation from wood and biomass 2025-2050 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Ftopics%2F1000%2Fbiomass-energy%2F%23XgboD02vawLbpWJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Apr 12, 2024
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    Statista Research Department
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2050, electricity generation from wood and other biomass in the United States is projected to be around 10.8 billion kilowatt hours. This figure represents a decrease of about 15 percent compared to the power generation from this source in 2021.

  14. Annual Electric Generator Report - Latest Year

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    Updated Jul 6, 2021
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    U.S. Energy Information Administration (2021). Annual Electric Generator Report - Latest Year [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/annual-electric-generator-report-latest-year
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    Jul 6, 2021
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    Energy Information Administrationhttp://www.eia.gov/
    Description

    Annual U.S. generator level data about generators at electric power plants owned and operated by electric utilities and nonutilities (including independent power producers, combined heat and power producers, and other industrials). Based on EIA Form-860 d

  15. U.S. electricity generation capacity share 2024, by region

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    Updated May 19, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. electricity generation capacity share 2024, by region [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671916/share-of-electricity-generation-capacity-north-america-by-region/
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    May 19, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2024
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2024, the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (SERC) accounted for approximately 29 percent of the United States' electricity generation capacity. The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), located in the country's western region, ranked second, responsible for 20.4 percent of the country's capacity.

  16. Forecast: Tax Expenditure on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024...

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    Updated Apr 7, 2024
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    ReportLinker (2024). Forecast: Tax Expenditure on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024 - 2028 [Dataset]. https://www.reportlinker.com/dataset/2f4f06f69f2a535c2e99b12a93af356ae5f1a0f4
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    Apr 7, 2024
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    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Area covered
    United States
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    Forecast: Tax Expenditure on Coal for Electricity Generation in the US 2024 - 2028 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

  17. Global Total Support on Natural Gas for Electricity Generation Share by...

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    Updated Apr 9, 2024
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    ReportLinker (2024). Global Total Support on Natural Gas for Electricity Generation Share by Country (Million US Dollars), 2023 [Dataset]. https://www.reportlinker.com/dataset/715eee9edc0ebd38912ed335f6084a1f4374768c
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 9, 2024
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    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    Global Total Support on Natural Gas for Electricity Generation Share by Country (Million US Dollars), 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

  18. Electricity Data: Consumption for Electricity Generation (Btu) Application...

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    Updated Jul 6, 2021
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    U.S. Energy Information Administration (2021). Electricity Data: Consumption for Electricity Generation (Btu) Application Programming Interface (API) [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/electricity-data-consumption-for-electricity-generation-btu-application-programming-interf
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    Jul 6, 2021
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    Description

    This API provides data on U.S. consumption for electricity generation in Btu. Data organized by fuel type, i.e., coal, petroleum liquids, petroleum coke, and natural gas. Data also organized by sector, i.e., electric power, electric utility, commercial and industrial. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data available. Based on Form EIA-906, Form EIA-920, and Form EIA-923 data. Users of the EIA API are required to obtain an API Key via this registration form: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/register.cfm

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    Energy Data and Statistics from U.S. States

    • gimi9.com
    Updated Jan 2, 2016
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    (2016). Energy Data and Statistics from U.S. States [Dataset]. https://gimi9.com/dataset/data-gov_energy-data-and-statistics-from-u-s-states
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    Jan 2, 2016
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    annual-data coal-price coal-production coal-reserves coal-stocks electric-capacity electricity-fuel-stocks electricity-generation electricity-price electricity-sales energy-prices monthly-data natural-gas-price natural-gas-production natural-gas-reserves natural-gas-stocks petroleum-consumption petroleum-price petroleum-production petroleum-reserves petroleum-stocks

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    Solar Fields in US

    • umn.hub.arcgis.com
    Updated Nov 28, 2019
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    University of Minnesota (2019). Solar Fields in US [Dataset]. https://umn.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/UMN::solar-fields-in-us
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    Nov 28, 2019
    Dataset authored and provided by
    University of Minnesota
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    Description

    This feature layer, utilizing data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), depicts all operable electric generating plants by energy source in the U.S. This includes plants that are operating, on standby, or short- or long-term out of service. The data covers all plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 1 MW (Megawatt) or more.Renewable, nuclear and fossil fuels are the three major categories of energy for electricity generation. Renewable energy sources and nuclear energy each provided about 20% of the electricity in the U.S. in 2018. Fossil fuels provided the other electricity generation in the U.S.Power Plants in the U.S.Data currency: April 2019Data source: MAPSFor more information, please visit:Electricity - ExplainedEIA-860, Annual Electric Generator ReportEIA-860M, Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator ReportEIA-923, Power Plant Operations ReportFor feedback: ArcGIScomNationalMaps@esri.comThumbnail source image courtesy of: Jeanne MenjouletSymbology courtesy of the following Noun Project contributors: Lisa Staudinger, Robert Beerwerth, Nikita Kozin, emilegraphics, Ron Scott, BomSymbols, Andrejs Kirma, Becris, Symbolon, Ryan Dell and IconathonOther Federal User Community federally focused content that may interest you:U.S. Department of EnergyEnergy Information Administration

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Statista (2025). Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2024, by fuel [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
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Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2024, by fuel

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May 14, 2025
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United States
Description

In the United States, electricity derived from coal has decreased over the past two decades, with the annual output declining by almost 65 percent between 2010 and 2024. In contrast, there has been a rise in natural gas and renewable sources within the energy mix. How is electricity generated in the U.S.? Most electricity in the U.S. is generated from steam turbines, which can be powered by fossil and nuclear fuels, biomass, geothermal, and solar thermal energy. Other systems such as gas turbines, hydro turbines, wind turbines, and solar photovoltaics are also major generation technologies. Electric utilities in the U.S. generated more than 2,241 terawatt hours in 2024, accounting for just over half of the power output in the country that year. Growing renewable capacity Renewable sources have become more prominent in the U.S. over the past years, particularly wind, hydro, and solar energy. The former has overtaken conventional hydropower, becoming the leading renewable energy source in the U.S. since 2019. Wind and solar power have also accounted for the largest share of electricity capacity additions in the country in recent years.

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