Electric Power Monthly

Data for February 2025 Release Date: April 24, 2025 Next Release Date: May 23, 2025 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2015-February 2025

(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
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	140,793	2,999	35,466	8,535	5,776	2,073	16,087	254,789	900,814	61,282	202,075	205,074
2023	421,141	162,683	2,847	31,615	7,935	5,568	2,082	16,367	245,002	895,241	73,406	236,090	238,937
2024	453,454	215,416	3,121	31,875	7,489	5,393	1,983	15,671	242,226	976,629	84,630	300,046	303,167
Year 2023
January	38,358	7,722	84	2,920	691	483	167	1,420	22,754	74,599	3,989	11,711	11,795
February	41,424	9,326	109	2,533	612	420	174	1,302	19,961	75,860	4,387	13,713	13,822
March	43,584	12,059	154	2,704	669	446	163	1,442	21,331	82,553	6,005	18,064	18,218
April	42,746	14,767	295	2,336	621	409	157	1,356	19,820	82,504	6,742	21,509	21,803
May	32,227	16,981	300	2,654	689	475	176	1,345	27,651	82,499	7,543	24,525	24,824
June	27,547	17,469	365	2,579	664	483	159	1,293	21,572	72,131	7,405	24,874	25,239
July	28,005	18,514	380	2,758	671	497	165	1,296	21,978	74,263	7,720	26,234	26,614
August	28,394	17,435	309	2,884	678	482	174	1,267	21,293	72,916	7,504	24,938	25,248
Sept	28,353	15,290	293	2,573	626	441	159	1,315	16,916	65,966	6,604	21,894	22,187
October	36,020	13,834	287	2,317	649	463	192	1,420	15,673	70,854	6,076	19,910	20,196
November	36,445	10,280	166	2,584	649	471	183	1,440	17,026	69,243	4,938	15,218	15,384
December	38,038	9,006	106	2,774	716	498	213	1,473	19,028	71,853	4,494	13,500	13,606
Year 2024
January	34,930	9,660	79	2,865	662	467	177	1,421	21,936	72,199	4,804	14,464	14,543
February	41,562	12,370	119	2,542	606	421	163	1,318	20,105	79,207	5,425	17,794	17,914
March	45,641	15,619	221	2,616	623	423	179	1,289	23,321	89,932	7,139	22,758	22,979
April	47,381	18,769	332	2,522	584	408	160	1,336	19,376	90,869	7,894	26,663	26,995
May	38,693	21,795	414	2,787	642	469	169	1,248	22,617	88,834	8,606	30,401	30,815
June	38,160	23,880	414	2,740	619	449	153	1,277	21,172	88,864	8,621	32,501	32,915
July	27,971	23,839	362	2,767	660	474	157	1,331	21,188	78,747	8,851	32,690	33,052
August	28,764	23,701	355	2,825	665	480	157	1,318	21,364	79,629	8,488	32,189	32,543
Sept	28,995	19,929	335	2,608	641	440	149	1,277	16,666	71,040	7,584	27,513	27,848
October	40,054	19,292	233	2,297	613	447	174	1,200	15,821	80,132	6,797	26,089	26,322
November	40,961	13,742	136	2,555	577	457	168	1,259	18,276	78,131	5,437	19,179	19,315
December	40,343	12,822	120	2,749	597	458	175	1,397	20,384	79,046	4,984	17,806	17,926
Year 2025
January	43,630	15,268	88	2,751	604	443	172	1,375	21,192	85,523	5,380	20,647	20,735
February	39,420	16,235	139	2,508	565	417	161	1,245	19,331	80,022	5,853	22,088	22,227
Year to Date
2023	79,782	17,048	192	5,452	1,303	903	341	2,722	42,715	150,459	8,376	25,424	25,616
2024	76,492	22,030	199	5,407	1,268	888	341	2,739	42,041	151,405	10,228	32,259	32,457
2025	83,050	31,503	227	5,259	1,169	860	334	2,620	40,524	165,545	11,233	42,736	42,963
Rolling 12 Months Ending in February
2024	417,851	167,665	2,853	31,570	7,900	5,553	2,081	16,385	244,328	896,187	75,259	242,924	245,778
2025	460,012	224,889	3,150	31,727	7,390	5,364	1,976	15,552	240,708	990,768	85,634	310,523	313,673

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 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.