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Data for January 2025 Release Date: March 25, 2025 Next Release Date: April 24, 2025 Full report PDF Re-release date March 31, 2025 (Revision Notice)

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Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2015-January 2025

(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 Fossil 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
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	1,687,065	11,722	771,537	254,789	143,792	502,234	-6,028	11,114	4,230,668	61,282	202,075	205,074
2023	675,115	11,397	4,836	1,806,063	11,778	774,873	245,002	165,530	484,708	-5,990	9,957	4,183,271	73,406	236,090	238,937
2024	652,760	11,887	3,380	1,864,874	9,807	781,979	242,226	218,538	515,865	-5,900	8,623	4,304,039	84,630	300,046	303,167
Year 2023
January	61,357	983	421	138,339	945	70,870	22,754	7,806	44,039	-620	890	347,784	3,989	11,711	11,795
February	46,374	1,233	395	124,892	891	60,807	19,961	9,435	46,464	-456	779	310,776	4,387	13,713	13,822
March	50,096	924	314	133,558	1,028	62,820	21,331	12,213	49,008	-519	791	331,565	6,005	18,064	18,218
April	40,233	868	301	119,878	866	56,662	19,820	15,062	47,623	-290	745	301,768	6,742	21,509	21,803
May	43,804	880	330	137,296	1,011	61,155	27,651	17,281	37,566	-459	858	327,374	7,543	24,525	24,824
June	57,772	878	389	161,851	974	64,819	21,572	17,834	32,725	-551	839	359,101	7,405	24,874	25,239
July	78,903	964	651	199,289	1,046	69,888	21,978	18,894	33,391	-656	873	425,220	7,720	26,234	26,614
August	78,112	958	651	199,000	1,088	69,744	21,293	17,744	33,879	-653	866	422,682	7,504	24,938	25,248
Sept	59,959	894	592	166,151	983	65,560	16,916	15,583	33,467	-553	776	360,328	6,604	21,894	22,187
October	50,933	990	293	140,655	924	61,436	15,673	14,121	41,061	-372	838	326,549	6,076	19,910	20,196
November	51,209	906	179	135,358	959	62,258	17,026	10,446	41,772	-347	845	320,610	4,938	15,218	15,384
December	56,365	920	318	149,798	1,062	68,854	19,028	9,113	43,713	-514	857	349,513	4,494	13,500	13,606
Year 2024
January	75,691	1,549	315	160,136	1,071	69,080	21,936	9,740	40,523	-412	806	380,434	4,804	14,464	14,543
February	44,058	764	217	130,987	766	64,584	20,105	12,489	46,612	-404	720	320,899	5,425	17,794	17,914
March	38,390	812	166	130,604	719	63,346	23,321	15,840	50,771	-349	693	324,313	7,139	22,758	22,979
April	37,322	931	234	121,282	767	57,621	19,376	19,101	52,392	-338	645	309,335	7,894	26,663	26,995
May	45,913	911	272	143,618	774	64,973	22,617	22,209	44,008	-292	808	345,809	8,606	30,401	30,815
June	61,393	909	408	169,307	880	68,192	21,172	24,294	43,398	-586	735	390,103	8,621	32,501	32,915
July	71,686	1,012	435	207,717	854	69,885	21,188	24,200	33,359	-649	769	430,456	8,851	32,690	33,052
August	68,838	1,021	435	203,075	861	69,760	21,364	24,055	34,210	-812	729	423,536	8,488	32,189	32,543
Sept	54,628	876	258	169,393	741	62,660	16,666	20,264	34,110	-654	667	359,609	7,584	27,513	27,848
October	46,957	948	156	146,348	620	58,773	15,821	19,525	44,786	-432	616	334,119	6,797	26,089	26,322
November	44,995	902	182	137,041	758	61,904	18,276	13,878	45,976	-488	717	324,141	5,437	19,179	19,315
December	62,888	1,253	301	145,365	995	71,200	20,384	12,942	45,719	-484	718	361,284	4,984	17,806	17,926
Year 2025
January	83,150	2,819	569	156,527	978	71,739	21,192	15,355	48,975	-465	664	401,503	5,380	20,647	20,735
Year to Date
2023	61,357	983	421	138,339	945	70,870	22,754	7,806	44,039	-620	890	347,784	3,989	11,711	11,795
2024	75,691	1,549	315	160,136	1,071	69,080	21,936	9,740	40,523	-412	806	380,434	4,804	14,464	14,543
2025	83,150	2,819	569	156,527	978	71,739	21,192	15,355	48,975	-465	664	401,503	5,380	20,647	20,735
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2024	689,449	11,963	4,730	1,827,859	11,904	773,083	244,184	167,464	481,192	-5,782	9,874	4,215,921	74,222	238,843	241,685
2025	660,218	13,157	3,634	1,861,265	9,714	784,639	241,482	224,154	524,317	-5,953	8,480	4,325,107	85,206	306,229	309,359

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 for 2023 and prior years are final. Values for 2024 and 2025 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.