Table 3.1.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2012 - 2022
(Thousand Megawatthours)

Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Small Scale Generation Net Generation From Utility and Small Scale Facilities
Period Coal Petroleum
Liquids		 Petroleum
Coke		 Natural
Gas		 Other
Gas		 Nuclear Hydroelectric
Conventional		 Solar Renewable
Sources
Excluding
Hydroelectric and Solar		 Hydroelectric
Pumped
Storage		 Other Total Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Estimated Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar
Annual Totals
2012 1,514,043 13,403 9,787 1,225,894 11,898 769,331 276,240 4,327 214,006 -4,950 13,787 4,047,765 N/A N/A N/A
2013 1,581,115 13,820 13,344 1,124,836 12,853 789,016 268,565 9,036 244,472 -4,681 13,588 4,065,964 N/A N/A N/A
2014 1,581,710 18,276 11,955 1,126,635 12,022 797,166 259,367 17,691 261,522 -6,174 13,393 4,093,564 11,233 26,482 28,924
2015 1,352,398 17,372 10,877 1,334,668 13,117 797,178 249,080 24,893 270,268 -5,091 13,955 4,078,714 14,139 35,805 39,032
2016 1,239,149 13,008 11,197 1,379,271 12,807 805,694 267,812 36,054 305,579 -6,686 13,689 4,077,574 18,812 51,483 54,866
2017 1,205,835 12,414 8,976 1,297,703 12,469 804,950 300,333 53,287 332,963 -6,495 13,008 4,035,443 23,990 74,008 77,277
2018 1,149,487 16,245 8,981 1,471,843 13,463 807,084 292,524 63,825 350,467 -5,905 12,973 4,180,988 29,539 89,773 93,365
2019 964,957 11,522 6,819 1,588,533 12,591 809,409 287,874 71,937 368,862 -5,261 13,331 4,130,574 34,957 103,676 106,894
2020 773,393 9,662 7,679 1,626,790 11,818 789,879 285,274 89,199 408,539 -5,321 12,855 4,009,767 41,522 127,588 130,721
2021 897,999 11,663 7,511 1,579,190 11,397 779,645 251,585 115,258 448,424 -5,112 12,140 4,109,699 49,164 161,499 164,422
2022 831,512 15,805 7,126 1,687,067 11,722 771,537 254,789 143,797 502,231 -6,028 11,114 4,230,672 61,282 202,080 205,079
Year 2020
January 65,140 915 633 136,084 1,155 74,170 24,498 4,459 34,249 -377 1,093 342,019 2,313 6,665 6,771
February 56,201 749 540 128,018 1,152 65,911 25,868 5,561 34,973 -247 971 319,698 2,623 8,006 8,184
March 50,731 691 704 126,187 1,047 63,997 23,823 6,350 35,602 -353 1,092 309,870 3,424 9,581 9,774
April 40,675 626 614 110,564 802 59,170 23,194 7,921 35,533 -325 1,073 279,846 3,816 11,431 11,736
May 46,527 691 610 117,186 884 64,338 29,976 9,653 34,248 -367 1,090 304,837 4,267 13,508 13,921
June 65,283 818 801 143,055 867 67,205 27,999 9,654 35,766 -499 1,018 351,967 4,269 13,553 13,923
July 89,709 914 837 181,568 937 69,385 26,742 10,610 28,761 -686 1,093 409,871 4,405 14,586 15,015
August 91,145 887 787 173,644 1,094 68,982 23,284 9,315 29,073 -784 1,107 398,536 4,199 13,158 13,514
September 68,407 755 439 141,397 1,013 65,727 18,679 7,732 28,852 -525 1,016 333,493 3,722 11,185 11,454
October 59,805 876 351 131,413 918 59,362 18,810 7,085 34,439 -423 1,067 313,703 3,310 10,137 10,395
November 61,182 800 612 109,811 950 61,760 20,893 5,767 38,932 -369 1,067 301,403 2,687 8,290 8,453
December 78,588 940 751 127,863 999 69,871 21,508 5,091 38,111 -368 1,169 344,523 2,489 7,489 7,580
Year 2021
January 81,240 936 702 126,530 1,035 71,732 24,560 5,559 36,231 -424 1,109 349,210 2,750 8,229 8,309
February 87,470 1,589 660 111,183 820 62,954 20,137 6,330 32,261 -425 921 323,900 2,939 9,135 9,270
March 61,904 791 645 107,019 860 63,708 21,220 9,296 45,129 -236 1,060 311,397 4,158 13,196 13,454
April 53,956 802 422 107,416 871 57,092 19,389 10,892 41,696 -197 969 293,308 4,610 15,168 15,502
May 63,873 835 534 114,676 914 63,394 23,309 12,457 39,602 -416 1,003 320,181 5,063 17,127 17,520
June 87,265 932 453 149,376 974 66,070 23,454 12,197 32,506 -376 1,006 373,856 5,107 16,983 17,304
July 101,537 883 681 170,189 1,046 68,832 22,098 12,192 27,811 -685 1,041 405,624 5,192 17,127 17,384
August 101,855 1,197 747 172,716 1,031 69,471 20,328 11,967 33,192 -670 1,031 412,865 4,924 16,551 16,891
September 78,877 950 638 138,214 984 64,520 17,022 11,214 34,783 -434 975 347,744 4,370 15,282 15,584
October 62,572 894 655 131,852 1,062 58,401 17,133 9,268 37,809 -427 982 320,202 3,821 12,866 13,089
November 57,426 887 783 122,433 871 62,749 19,373 7,795 41,400 -377 970 314,310 3,259 10,866 11,054
December 60,025 968 591 127,586 930 70,720 23,562 6,091 46,004 -445 1,073 337,104 2,970 8,969 9,061
Year 2022
January 87,588 3,105 564 134,948 1,005 70,577 24,198 7,822 43,424 -493 1,029 373,766 3,376 11,066 11,198
February 70,966 1,114 621 114,945 886 61,852 21,321 9,027 43,090 -412 900 324,311 3,717 12,585 12,744
March 61,019 959 500 112,477 953 63,154 24,436 11,695 48,677 -318 979 324,531 5,121 16,560 16,816
April 55,329 749 528 105,506 921 55,290 20,066 13,402 51,528 -265 941 303,994 5,671 18,752 19,073
May 62,532 834 596 127,094 1,036 63,382 23,359 15,121 47,727 -467 971 342,184 6,236 20,986 21,357
June 73,463 897 683 155,517 987 65,715 25,988 16,053 39,461 -589 959 379,134 6,229 21,910 22,282
July 86,415 1,045 488 189,042 1,083 68,857 24,567 15,766 35,499 -768 982 422,976 6,438 21,916 22,204
August 85,215 1,001 576 188,860 1,008 68,897 21,133 14,503 30,657 -640 924 412,134 6,194 20,418 20,697
September 64,998 942 648 156,948 987 63,733 17,026 13,287 32,840 -598 845 351,655 5,544 18,546 18,831
October 54,228 952 610 133,492 968 58,945 14,367 11,942 38,036 -434 844 313,949 5,022 16,675 16,964
November 56,377 911 568 127,523 911 62,041 17,898 8,403 46,779 -495 864 321,781 4,035 12,289 12,438
December 73,381 3,296 744 140,716 978 69,094 20,430 6,777 44,514 -548 876 360,257 3,698 10,377 10,475

Coal includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal; synthetic coal and refined coal; and beginning in 2011, coal-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011 coal-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate and residual fuel oils, jet fuel, kerosene, waste oil, and beginning in 2011, propane. Prior to 2011 propane was included in Other Gases.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Other Gas includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Prior to 2011, Other Gas included propane and synthesis gases.
See the Technical Notes for fuel conversion factors.
Renewable Sources include wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
Other includes non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, hydrogen, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and other miscellaneous energy sources.
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 are final. 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.