Electric Power Monthly
Data for August 2026
Release Date:
October 23, 2026
Next Release Date:
November 24, 2026
| Table 1.2.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Electric Utilities, 2016-August 2026 |
| (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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 2,189,614 |
| 2024 | 508,149 | 8,504 | 1,946 | 953,446 | 0 | 444,521 | 220,163 | 30,347 | 93,209 | -4,232 | 285 | 2,256,336 |
| 2025 | 574,357 | 9,466 | 2,955 | 919,549 | 0 | 444,687 | 220,961 | 42,949 | 93,075 | -3,741 | 278 | 2,304,535 |
| Year 2024 | ||||||||||||
| January | 58,491 | 1,028 | 200 | 80,561 | 0 | 39,090 | 19,005 | 1,291 | 7,117 | -287 | 32 | 206,527 |
| February | 34,812 | 590 | 91 | 66,015 | 0 | 36,601 | 18,487 | 1,993 | 8,381 | -268 | 27 | 166,728 |
| March | 31,039 | 609 | 40 | 66,011 | 0 | 35,957 | 20,610 | 2,413 | 9,619 | -213 | 20 | 166,104 |
| April | 28,360 | 643 | 137 | 61,043 | 0 | 32,153 | 18,197 | 3,022 | 10,124 | -231 | 15 | 153,463 |
| May | 35,539 | 649 | 153 | 74,969 | 0 | 36,822 | 22,074 | 3,303 | 7,979 | -144 | 27 | 181,372 |
| June | 48,750 | 652 | 252 | 87,902 | 0 | 38,907 | 20,702 | 3,216 | 7,676 | -439 | 25 | 207,643 |
| July | 56,197 | 699 | 285 | 107,213 | 0 | 40,398 | 19,685 | 3,164 | 5,187 | -472 | 24 | 232,380 |
| August | 53,679 | 770 | 277 | 105,880 | 0 | 39,992 | 18,685 | 3,084 | 5,824 | -638 | 24 | 227,576 |
| Sept | 42,774 | 665 | 142 | 87,049 | 0 | 35,308 | 14,867 | 2,536 | 6,359 | -501 | 22 | 189,221 |
| October | 35,531 | 728 | 137 | 74,370 | 0 | 33,821 | 14,374 | 2,554 | 8,548 | -328 | 25 | 169,761 |
| November | 34,323 | 675 | 85 | 69,701 | 0 | 35,228 | 15,766 | 1,901 | 8,027 | -351 | 24 | 165,377 |
| December | 48,654 | 796 | 147 | 72,734 | 0 | 40,244 | 17,712 | 1,870 | 8,368 | -359 | 21 | 190,186 |
| Year 2025 | ||||||||||||
| January | 63,913 | 1,206 | 379 | 79,641 | 0 | 41,025 | 18,891 | 2,285 | 9,334 | -347 | 26 | 216,354 |
| February | 48,135 | 788 | 180 | 66,247 | 0 | 34,789 | 17,457 | 2,595 | 8,281 | -295 | 24 | 178,202 |
| March | 38,097 | 700 | 218 | 59,806 | 0 | 34,403 | 20,233 | 3,782 | 9,801 | -293 | 26 | 166,771 |
| April | 35,586 | 650 | 153 | 57,336 | 0 | 32,137 | 21,027 | 4,194 | 8,990 | -159 | 21 | 159,934 |
| May | 37,949 | 597 | 157 | 69,337 | 0 | 35,024 | 22,415 | 4,421 | 7,062 | -136 | 23 | 176,849 |
| June | 50,270 | 751 | 283 | 87,386 | 0 | 37,013 | 20,498 | 4,326 | 6,752 | -273 | 11 | 207,018 |
| July | 62,546 | 765 | 426 | 104,199 | 0 | 40,964 | 18,760 | 4,600 | 5,677 | -320 | 21 | 237,637 |
| August | 54,852 | 738 | 295 | 100,568 | 0 | 40,919 | 18,137 | 4,319 | 5,250 | -400 | 31 | 224,708 |
| Sept | 46,100 | 715 | 267 | 86,746 | 0 | 37,397 | 14,163 | 3,846 | 5,117 | -350 | 21 | 194,021 |
| October | 41,632 | 743 | 292 | 71,028 | 0 | 33,272 | 14,011 | 3,372 | 8,424 | -389 | 28 | 172,414 |
| November | 42,037 | 728 | 173 | 64,713 | 0 | 36,142 | 15,238 | 2,860 | 8,295 | -458 | 27 | 169,756 |
| December | 53,239 | 1,085 | 131 | 72,542 | 0 | 41,603 | 20,130 | 2,350 | 10,093 | -321 | 20 | 200,871 |
| Year 2026 | ||||||||||||
| January | 57,552 | 1,847 | 221 | 75,706 | 0 | 42,314 | 25,410 | 2,793 | 9,562 | -396 | 18 | 215,028 |
| February | 43,086 | 1,304 | 184 | 67,643 | 0 | 35,542 | 20,692 | 3,286 | 8,314 | -403 | 8 | 179,656 |
| March | 33,332 | 790 | 159 | 64,728 | 0 | 35,374 | 24,612 | 4,272 | 10,342 | -428 | 18 | 173,199 |
| April | 28,930 | 714 | 141 | 60,865 | 0 | 33,742 | 19,859 | 4,894 | 9,967 | -349 | -1 | 158,763 |
| May | 35,426 | 691 | 212 | 71,492 | 0 | 37,297 | 19,941 | 5,328 | 8,125 | -254 | 0.37 | 178,259 |
| June | 44,312 | 694 | 319 | 85,014 | 0 | 39,909 | 21,352 | 5,342 | 7,763 | -330 | 11 | 204,386 |
| July | 59,285 | 796 | 404 | 108,443 | 0 | 41,071 | 18,066 | 5,669 | 5,693 | -364 | 6 | 239,070 |
| August | 56,499 | 792 | 335 | 109,858 | 0 | 40,638 | 16,948 | 5,053 | 5,964 | -390 | 4 | 235,702 |
| Year to Date | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | 346,866 | 5,640 | 1,435 | 649,593 | 0 | 299,920 | 157,444 | 21,486 | 61,907 | -2,693 | 194 | 1,541,792 |
| 2025 | 391,348 | 6,195 | 2,092 | 624,520 | 0 | 296,273 | 157,418 | 30,521 | 61,147 | -2,223 | 182 | 1,567,472 |
| 2026 | 358,422 | 7,630 | 1,976 | 643,749 | 0 | 305,888 | 166,880 | 36,638 | 65,730 | -2,913 | 64 | 1,584,063 |
| Rolling 12 Months Ending in August | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 552,631 | 9,059 | 2,603 | 928,373 | 0 | 440,874 | 220,136 | 39,382 | 92,449 | -3,763 | 273 | 2,282,017 |
| 2026 | 541,431 | 10,901 | 2,839 | 938,779 | 0 | 454,302 | 230,423 | 49,066 | 97,658 | -4,431 | 160 | 2,321,126 |
| 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 2025 and prior years are final. Values for 2026 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. |