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Data for August 2026 Release Date: October 23, 2026 Next Release Date: November 24, 2026
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Table ES1.A. Total Electric Power Industry Summary Statistics, 2026 and 2025
 

Net Generation and Consumption of Fuels for August
  Total (All Sectors) Electric Power Sector Commercial Industrial Residential

 
Electric Utilities Independent Power
Producers


Fuel Facility Type August 2026 August 2025 Percentage Change August 2026 August 2025 August 2026 August 2025 August 2026 August 2025 August 2026 August 2025 August 2026 August 2025
Net Generation (Thousand Megawatthours)
Coal Utility Scale Facilities 70,937 69,563 2.0% 56,499 54,852 14,075 14,329 18 14 346 368 0 0
Petroleum Liquids Utility Scale Facilities 1,062 1,040 2.1% 792 738 244 260 4 12 21 30 0 0
Petroleum Coke Utility Scale Facilities 448 455 -1.5% 335 295 79 138 0 0 34 22 0 0
Natural Gas Utility Scale Facilities 209,843 193,570 8.4% 109,858 100,568 90,533 83,520 779 726 8,673 8,757 0 0
Other Fossil Gas Utility Scale Facilities 583 755 -22.8% 0 0 132 134 0 0 451 621 0 0
Nuclear Utility Scale Facilities 70,661 70,705 -0.1% 40,638 40,919 30,023 29,787 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Conventional Utility Scale Facilities 18,588 19,216 -3.3% 16,948 18,137 1,566 1,009 NM 23 51 47 0 0
Renewable Sources Excluding Hydroelectric Utility Scale Facilities 77,548 65,404 18.6% 11,017 9,568 64,035 53,332 366 377 2,130 2,127 0 0
... Wind Utility Scale Facilities 33,317 27,661 20.4% 5,466 4,794 27,832 22,853 11 8 NM 7 0 0
... Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Utility Scale Facilities 38,819 32,466 19.6% 5,053 4,319 33,445 27,893 77 57 244 198 0 0
... Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels Utility Scale Facilities 2,881 2,803 2.8% 345 314 693 606 11 14 1,832 1,869 0 0
... Other Biomass Utility Scale Facilities 1,168 1,202 -2.9% 71 65 783 785 268 298 46 54 0 0
... Geothermal Utility Scale Facilities 1,363 1,272 7.2% 82 77 1,281 1,195 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Utility Scale Facilities -565 -560 1.0% -390 -400 -176 -160 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 300 503 -40.3% 4 31 -222 -79 248 264 270 286 0 0
All Energy Sources Utility Scale Facilities 449,406 420,651 6.8% 235,702 224,708 200,291 182,270 1,437 1,416 11,976 12,258 0 0
                             
Estimated Small Scale Solar Photovoltaic Small Scale Facilities 10,387 9,312 11.6% 0 0 0 0 2,877 2,520 562 515 6,949 6,276
Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic All Facilities 48,919 41,440 18.0% 5,053 4,319 33,158 27,555 2,953 2,578 806 713 6,949 6,276
Estimated Total Solar All Facilities 49,206 41,778 17.8% 5,053 4,319 33,445 27,893 2,953 2,578 806 713 6,949 6,276
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 40,027 39,594 1.1% 31,128 30,632 8,776 8,839 6 5 117 118 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 1,969 1,923 2.4% 1,528 1,412 409 448 9 31 24 32 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 188 197 -4.8% 148 133 29 56 0 0 11 8 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 1,583,037 1,446,573 9.4% 856,826 775,963 667,965 611,046 4,749 4,744 53,497 54,820 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 682 709 -3.8% 105 135 27 16 27 24 522 534 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 100 119 -16.3% 8 5 32 23 6 5 54 86 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 59 45 30.8% 0 0.00 10 8 0 0 49 37 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 104,405 104,534 -0.1% 5,394 4,121 25,908 25,126 6,374 6,491 66,728 68,796 0 0
Consumption of Fossil Fuels for Electricity Generation and Useful Thermal Output
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 40,708 40,302 1.0% 31,233 30,767 8,803 8,855 34 29 639 652 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 2,069 2,042 1.3% 1,535 1,417 441 471 15 36 78 118 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 247 243 1.8% 148 133 40 64 0 0 60 46 0 0
Natural Gas (1000 Mcf) Utility Scale Facilities 1,687,442 1,551,107 8.8% 862,220 780,085 693,873 636,172 11,123 11,235 120,226 123,615 0 0
Fuel Stocks (end-of-month)
Coal (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 102,517 105,708 -3.0% 85,939 86,874 16,115 17,909 66 123 397 803 0 0
Petroleum Liquids (1000 barrels) Utility Scale Facilities 22,769 23,819 -4.4% 13,092 14,439 7,666 7,362 317 347 1,694 1,671 0 0
Petroleum Coke (1000 tons) Utility Scale Facilities 511 467 9.4% 405 323 10 11 1 1 95 132 0 0

 
 

Sales, Revenue, and Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers for August
  Total U.S. Electric Power Industry

Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers
(million kWh)		 Revenue from Sales of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (million dollars) Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers (cents/kWh)
Sector August 2026 August 2025 Percentage Change August 2026 August 2025 Percentage Change August 2026 August 2025 Percentage Change
Residential 167,660 155,418 7.9% 30,455 27,302 11.5% 18.16 17.57 3.4%
Commercial 150,597 143,288 5.1% 21,785 19,870 9.6% 14.47 13.87 4.3%
Industrial 93,707 95,089 -1.5% 9,035 8,536 5.8% 9.64 8.98 7.3%
Transportation 604 625 -3.3% 90 93 -3.7% 14.86 14.91 -0.3%
All Sectors 412,568 394,419 4.6% 61,364 55,802 10.0% 14.87 14.15 5.1%


NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Coal generation and consumption includes anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, waste coal, refined coal, synthetic coal, and coal-derived synthesis gas.
Petroleum Liquids includes distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, propane, and waste oil.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke and synthesis gas derived from petroleum coke.
Natural gas includes a small amount of supplemental gaseous fuels that cannot be identified separately.
Other Fossil Gas includes gaseous propane, blast furnace gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels other than hydrogen.
Wood and Wood-Derived Fuels include wood, black liquor, and other wood waste.
Other Biomass includes biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass.
Other Energy Sources includes hydrogen, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and other miscellaneous energy sources.
Coal stocks include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, refined coal, and synthetic coal; waste coal is excluded.
Sales of electricity to ultimate customers and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (e.g., sales data may include imported electricity).
Net generation is presented for the calendar month while sales of electricity to ultimate customers and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time that vary depending
upon customer class and consumption occurring during and outside the calendar month.
Note: Values for 2026 are preliminary. Values for 2025 are final. Percentage change is calculated before rounding.
See technical notes for additional information including more on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M, 'Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue With State Distributions Report.'
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, 'Power Plant Operations Report.'

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