Electric Power Monthly

Data for January 2024 Release Date: March 26, 2024 Next Release Date: April 24, 2024 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2014-January 2024

(Thousand Megawatthours)

	Generation at Utility Scale Facilities										Small Scale Generation	Generation From Utility and Small Scale Facilities
Period	Wind	Solar Photovoltaic	Solar Thermal	Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels	Landfill Gas	Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste	Other Waste Biomass	Geothermal	Conventional Hydroelectric	Total Renewable Generation at Utility Scale Facilities	Estimated Solar Photovoltaic	Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic	Estimated Total Solar
Annual Totals
2014	181,655	15,250	2,441	42,340	11,220	7,228	3,202	15,877	259,367	538,579	11,233	26,482	28,924
2015	190,719	21,666	3,227	41,929	11,291	7,211	3,201	15,918	249,080	544,241	14,139	35,805	39,032
2016	226,993	32,670	3,384	40,947	11,218	7,265	3,331	15,826	267,812	609,445	18,812	51,483	54,866
2017	254,303	50,018	3,269	41,124	11,543	6,951	3,115	15,927	300,333	686,583	23,990	74,008	77,277
2018	272,667	60,234	3,592	40,936	11,036	7,136	2,724	15,967	292,524	706,816	29,539	89,773	93,365
2019	295,882	68,719	3,218	38,543	10,468	6,093	2,402	15,473	287,874	728,673	34,957	103,676	106,894
2020	337,938	86,066	3,133	36,219	10,212	6,080	2,201	15,890	285,274	783,012	41,522	127,588	130,721
2021	378,197	112,335	2,924	36,463	9,421	6,101	2,267	15,975	251,585	815,267	49,164	161,499	164,422
2022	434,297	140,798	2,999	35,464	8,535	5,776	2,073	16,087	254,789	900,817	61,282	202,080	205,079
2023	425,235	161,651	2,850	31,439	8,285	5,587	2,153	16,462	239,855	893,517	73,619	235,270	238,120
Year 2022
January	37,416	7,689	133	3,106	748	492	192	1,470	24,198	75,444	3,376	11,066	11,198
February	37,645	8,869	159	2,897	701	432	173	1,243	21,321	73,438	3,717	12,585	12,744
March	43,031	11,439	255	2,934	773	465	188	1,286	24,436	84,808	5,121	16,560	16,816
April	46,167	13,081	321	2,736	699	482	161	1,282	20,066	84,995	5,671	18,752	19,073
May	42,124	14,750	371	2,905	722	492	157	1,327	23,359	86,206	6,236	20,986	21,357
June	33,768	15,681	372	3,045	710	498	166	1,276	25,988	81,502	6,229	21,910	22,282
July	29,475	15,478	288	3,276	723	510	173	1,341	24,567	75,832	6,438	21,916	22,204
August	24,718	14,224	279	3,206	707	498	174	1,354	21,133	66,293	6,194	20,418	20,697
Sept	27,331	13,002	285	2,864	686	470	159	1,329	17,026	63,152	5,544	18,546	18,831
October	32,745	11,653	289	2,624	714	473	182	1,298	14,367	64,345	5,022	16,675	16,964
November	41,199	8,254	149	2,865	678	473	167	1,397	17,898	73,080	4,035	12,289	12,438
December	38,680	6,679	99	3,005	674	493	181	1,482	20,430	71,721	3,698	10,377	10,475
Year 2023
January	39,212	7,898	84	3,042	746	485	189	1,558	22,287	75,500	3,992	11,890	11,974
February	42,184	9,142	109	2,613	662	421	192	1,302	18,680	75,305	4,401	13,543	13,652
March	44,580	11,991	154	2,623	720	447	181	1,380	20,197	82,272	6,003	17,994	18,148
April	43,072	14,460	295	2,295	633	410	169	1,347	17,479	80,160	6,768	21,228	21,523
May	32,066	16,627	300	2,783	709	476	183	1,371	27,445	81,960	7,560	24,187	24,487
June	27,545	17,266	365	2,646	676	484	161	1,273	19,467	69,883	7,429	24,695	25,060
July	27,903	18,500	380	2,807	699	498	164	1,303	21,199	73,453	7,747	26,246	26,626
August	28,546	17,507	310	2,890	705	483	164	1,341	21,120	73,063	7,556	25,062	25,372
Sept	28,230	15,269	293	2,476	660	441	154	1,351	16,469	65,344	6,623	21,892	22,185
October	36,484	13,795	287	2,126	683	464	197	1,414	18,076	73,526	6,094	19,888	20,175
November	37,042	10,104	166	2,555	661	475	187	1,410	18,100	70,700	4,958	15,062	15,229
December	38,371	9,093	107	2,584	732	504	211	1,413	19,336	72,350	4,489	13,582	13,689
Year 2024
January	34,976	9,572	79	2,821	672	468	182	1,368	21,237	71,375	4,782	14,355	14,434
Year to Date
2022	37,416	7,689	133	3,106	748	492	192	1,470	24,198	75,444	3,376	11,066	11,198
2023	39,212	7,898	84	3,042	746	485	189	1,558	22,287	75,500	3,992	11,890	11,974
2024	34,976	9,572	79	2,821	672	468	182	1,368	21,237	71,375	4,782	14,355	14,434
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2023	436,093	141,007	2,951	35,399	8,533	5,769	2,070	16,175	252,878	900,874	61,897	202,904	205,855
2024	420,999	163,325	2,846	31,219	8,212	5,571	2,145	16,271	238,804	889,392	74,410	237,735	240,580

Wood and Wood-derived fuels include wood/wood waste solids (including paper pellets, railroad ties, utility poles, wood chips, bark, and wood waste solids), wood waste liquids (red liquor, sludge wood, spent sulfite liquor, and other wood-based liquids), and black liquor.
Other Waste Biomass includes sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, other biomass solids, other biomass liquids, and other biomass gases (including digester gases, methane, and other biomass gases).
Notes: Beginning with 2001 data, non-biogenic municipal solid waste and tire-derived fuels are reclassified as non-renewable energy sources and included in Other. Biogenic municipal solid waste is included in Other Renewable Sources.
See Glossary for definitions. Values for 2022 and prior years are final. Values for 2023 and 2024 are preliminary. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms..
Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. NM=Not meaningful due to large standard error. W=Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; Form EIA-423, Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report; and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.
Estimated small scale solar photovoltaic generation and small scale solar photovoltaic capacity are based on data from Form EIA-861M, Form EIA-861 and from estimation methods described in the technical notes.