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With Data for 2023 Release Date: October 17, 2024 Next Release: October 2025 full report PDF
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SAS Output
Table 3.2.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Electric Utilities, 2013 - 2023
(Thousand Megawatthours)


Generation at Utility Scale Facilities
Period Coal Petroleum
Liquids		 Petroleum
Coke		 Natural
Gas		 Other
Fossil
Gas		 Nuclear Hydroelectric
Conventional		 Solar Renewable
Sources
Excluding
Hydroelectric
and Solar		 Hydroelectric
Pumped
Storage		 Other Total
Annual Totals
2013 1,188,452 9,446 9,522 501,427 798 406,114 243,040 943 31,474 -3,773 615 2,388,058
2014 1,173,073 10,696 9,147 501,440 112 419,871 238,185 1,218 33,278 -5,144 622 2,382,500
2015 998,385 10,386 8,278 619,003 199 416,680 229,640 1,494 35,992 -4,105 558 2,316,508
2016 922,399 9,069 8,881 655,744 154 424,400 247,787 1,995 40,666 -5,629 421 2,305,887
2017 893,639 8,567 6,711 625,094 149 424,485 275,677 3,348 42,763 -5,448 553 2,275,539
2018 863,505 10,108 6,817 722,916 151 424,251 267,336 4,916 44,184 -4,785 561 2,339,960
2019 722,885 8,313 5,112 787,745 154 430,672 262,364 6,785 48,403 -4,261 551 2,268,723
2020 582,374 7,182 5,663 815,414 45 428,953 264,650 9,945 59,797 -4,326 618 2,170,316
2021 674,804 8,791 5,728 777,057 12 430,683 228,689 13,911 75,338 -3,876 508 2,211,643
2022 621,853 9,356 5,383 832,421 0 427,933 232,953 17,692 86,233 -4,752 534 2,229,605
2023 518,330 8,254 3,146 895,910 0 441,391 220,003 22,230 84,313 -4,545 580 2,189,615
Year 2021
January 60,119 732 538 62,011 -1 39,472 22,459 757 5,644 -333 45 191,445
February 66,231 1,188 537 53,913 5 34,339 18,612 791 5,417 -339 34 180,728
March 46,241 599 505 53,746 9 35,325 18,971 1,152 7,195 -142 43 163,643
April 40,784 611 261 54,243 -0.38 30,126 17,256 1,354 6,927 -102 46 151,505
May 49,417 635 360 57,584 -0.28 33,491 21,178 1,550 6,488 -323 40 170,419
June 66,424 672 340 74,852 -0.28 36,854 21,827 1,293 5,141 -270 43 207,176
July 76,452 652 539 84,947 -0.26 38,371 20,109 1,394 4,414 -551 35 226,361
August 77,465 935 600 85,233 -0.28 38,752 18,598 1,325 5,402 -531 47 227,827
September 60,311 740 482 66,832 0 35,306 15,289 1,265 6,036 -313 45 185,991
October 45,722 690 514 62,206 0 34,522 15,383 1,155 6,505 -333 43 166,407
November 41,646 647 620 58,942 0 34,882 17,373 992 7,861 -302 41 162,702
December 43,993 688 432 62,548 0 39,244 21,635 883 8,309 -338 46 177,439
Year 2022
January 63,823 1,254 388 66,875 0 39,295 22,395 1,066 8,258 -420 58 202,990
February 50,911 629 453 55,560 0 34,300 19,408 1,188 7,998 -301 51 170,198
March 43,015 691 324 54,831 0 34,385 21,943 1,533 8,561 -214 55 165,124
April 40,123 548 361 51,428 0 30,252 17,583 1,714 8,652 -164 43 150,540
May 47,965 639 503 62,462 0 35,037 21,195 1,850 7,488 -375 53 176,816
June 56,910 652 545 79,183 0 36,908 24,296 1,836 6,114 -460 40 206,024
July 66,631 678 388 95,306 0 38,888 23,132 1,811 5,104 -623 40 231,355
August 64,386 661 421 93,582 0 38,921 19,778 1,717 4,893 -495 36 223,900
September 49,704 680 480 75,975 0 35,914 15,593 1,489 5,846 -493 33 185,222
October 41,060 676 440 64,375 0 32,085 12,963 1,460 6,736 -370 46 159,472
November 41,209 673 446 63,004 0 33,612 16,315 1,046 8,593 -398 40 164,537
December 56,116 1,575 636 69,839 0 38,335 18,352 982 7,992 -437 39 193,428
Year 2023
January 47,822 749 265 69,057 0 40,507 19,961 1,198 7,368 -498 50 186,479
February 34,662 721 257 61,261 0 34,281 17,914 1,480 8,665 -359 44 158,927
March 37,670 678 166 66,439 0 36,091 18,841 1,928 8,423 -389 47 169,894
April 29,082 634 176 59,847 0 33,574 17,367 1,992 9,198 -191 41 151,719
May 32,611 657 166 70,284 0 34,559 25,345 2,322 6,601 -336 44 172,252
June 46,228 687 257 81,589 0 37,005 19,980 2,288 4,812 -420 52 192,478
July 62,726 678 484 99,499 0 39,977 19,811 2,325 4,726 -519 51 229,759
August 61,744 733 491 100,832 0 40,065 19,175 2,301 5,570 -499 59 230,470
September 46,714 653 441 81,425 0 37,575 15,262 1,965 5,788 -415 47 189,456
October 38,830 695 176 68,789 0 34,541 14,167 1,873 7,410 -294 47 166,233
November 37,358 669 100 63,733 0 34,719 15,453 1,403 8,015 -245 47 161,252
December 42,884 699 167 73,156 0 38,497 16,728 1,154 7,737 -379 53 180,696

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 Fossil Gas.
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 Fossil Gas.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Fossil Gas.
Other Fossil Gas includes gaseous propane, blast furnace gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels other than hydrogen.
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 hydrogen, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, 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.