Electric Power Monthly

Data for September 2024 Release Date: November 22, 2024 Next Release Date: December 23, 2024 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2014-September 2024

(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
2014	181,655	15,250	2,441	42,340	11,220	7,228	3,202	15,877	259,367	538,579	11,233	26,482	28,924
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
Year 2022
January	37,416	7,689	133	3,106	748	492	192	1,470	24,198	75,443	3,376	11,065	11,198
February	37,645	8,868	159	2,897	701	432	173	1,243	21,321	73,438	3,717	12,585	12,744
March	43,031	11,439	255	2,934	773	465	188	1,286	24,436	84,808	5,121	16,560	16,815
April	46,167	13,080	321	2,736	699	482	161	1,282	20,066	84,995	5,671	18,751	19,073
May	42,124	14,749	371	2,907	722	492	157	1,327	23,359	86,208	6,236	20,985	21,356
June	33,768	15,681	372	3,045	710	498	166	1,276	25,988	81,501	6,229	21,910	22,281
July	29,475	15,477	288	3,276	723	510	173	1,341	24,567	75,831	6,438	21,915	22,203
August	24,718	14,223	279	3,206	707	498	174	1,354	21,133	66,293	6,194	20,418	20,697
Sept	27,331	13,001	285	2,864	686	470	159	1,329	17,026	63,152	5,544	18,545	18,830
October	32,745	11,652	289	2,624	714	473	182	1,298	14,367	64,345	5,022	16,674	16,964
November	41,199	8,254	149	2,865	678	473	167	1,397	17,898	73,079	4,035	12,289	12,438
December	38,680	6,679	99	3,005	674	493	181	1,482	20,430	71,721	3,698	10,377	10,475
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	34,828	9,651	79	2,851	663	467	177	1,421	21,924	72,061	4,806	14,457	14,536
February	41,446	12,357	119	2,539	606	421	163	1,318	20,101	79,069	5,427	17,784	17,903
March	45,502	15,576	221	2,618	623	423	179	1,288	23,315	89,745	7,142	22,718	22,939
April	47,236	18,722	332	2,521	584	408	160	1,335	19,377	90,677	7,897	26,619	26,951
May	38,589	21,700	414	2,742	642	469	169	1,245	22,613	88,584	8,610	30,310	30,724
June	38,061	23,779	414	2,697	620	449	153	1,270	21,170	88,614	8,623	32,402	32,817
July	27,910	23,753	362	2,726	661	474	157	1,326	21,186	78,555	8,805	32,558	32,919
August	28,695	23,605	355	2,780	666	480	157	1,313	21,359	79,410	8,442	32,047	32,402
Sept	28,910	19,764	335	2,566	642	440	149	1,272	16,660	70,737	7,543	27,307	27,642
Year to Date
2022	321,674	114,208	2,463	26,972	6,469	4,337	1,543	11,910	202,094	691,669	48,526	162,735	165,197
2023	310,638	129,563	2,288	23,939	5,921	4,137	1,493	12,035	193,276	683,291	57,899	187,462	189,750
2024	331,177	168,907	2,632	24,039	5,707	4,031	1,465	11,788	187,706	737,452	67,294	236,201	238,833
Rolling 12 Months Ending in September
2023	423,261	156,148	2,825	32,433	7,987	5,576	2,023	16,212	245,972	892,436	70,654	226,802	229,626
2024	441,681	202,027	3,191	31,715	7,721	5,462	2,054	16,120	239,432	949,402	82,802	284,829	288,020

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 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.