Electric Power Monthly

Data for January 2023 Release Date: March 24, 2023 Next Release Date: April 25, 2023 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2013-January 2023

(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 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
2013	1,581,115	13,820	13,344	1,124,836	12,853	789,016	268,565	9,036	244,472	-4,681	13,588	4,065,964	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014	1,581,710	18,276	11,955	1,126,635	12,022	797,166	259,367	17,691	261,522	-6,174	13,393	4,093,564	11,233	26,482	28,924
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	828,993	16,274	7,109	1,689,465	11,884	771,537	261,999	145,598	505,272	-6,034	11,038	4,243,136	58,512	201,107	204,110
Year 2021
January	81,240	936	702	126,530	1,035	71,732	24,560	5,559	36,231	-424	1,109	349,210	2,750	8,229	8,309
February	87,470	1,589	660	111,183	820	62,954	20,137	6,330	32,261	-425	921	323,900	2,939	9,135	9,270
March	61,904	791	645	107,019	860	63,708	21,220	9,296	45,129	-236	1,060	311,397	4,158	13,196	13,454
April	53,956	802	422	107,416	871	57,092	19,389	10,892	41,696	-197	969	293,308	4,610	15,168	15,502
May	63,873	835	534	114,676	914	63,394	23,309	12,457	39,602	-416	1,003	320,181	5,063	17,127	17,520
June	87,265	932	453	149,376	974	66,070	23,454	12,197	32,506	-376	1,006	373,856	5,107	16,983	17,304
July	101,537	883	681	170,189	1,046	68,832	22,098	12,192	27,811	-685	1,041	405,624	5,192	17,127	17,384
August	101,855	1,197	747	172,716	1,031	69,471	20,328	11,967	33,192	-670	1,031	412,865	4,924	16,551	16,891
Sept	78,877	950	638	138,214	984	64,520	17,022	11,214	34,783	-434	975	347,744	4,370	15,282	15,584
October	62,572	894	655	131,852	1,062	58,401	17,133	9,268	37,809	-427	982	320,202	3,821	12,866	13,089
November	57,426	887	783	122,433	871	62,749	19,373	7,795	41,400	-377	970	314,310	3,259	10,866	11,054
December	60,025	968	591	127,586	930	70,720	23,562	6,091	46,004	-445	1,073	337,104	2,970	8,969	9,061
Year 2022
January	87,485	3,002	537	135,409	984	70,577	26,213	8,171	44,205	-493	1,017	377,106	3,247	11,285	11,418
February	70,746	1,021	625	115,538	837	61,852	22,904	9,333	43,595	-412	892	326,931	3,577	12,751	12,910
March	60,743	966	463	111,806	896	63,154	25,356	11,898	48,837	-318	971	324,772	4,900	16,543	16,798
April	55,023	745	496	105,729	914	55,290	19,573	13,476	51,401	-265	941	303,324	5,409	18,563	18,885
May	62,225	861	667	127,714	1,061	63,382	23,071	15,198	47,544	-467	959	342,215	5,946	20,773	21,145
June	73,287	912	665	156,242	998	65,715	26,892	16,058	39,525	-589	943	380,649	5,941	21,626	21,998
July	86,263	1,004	482	190,437	1,133	68,857	24,193	15,749	35,686	-768	976	424,013	6,157	21,618	21,907
August	85,000	1,022	564	189,197	1,020	68,897	21,713	14,442	30,573	-640	921	412,710	5,910	20,072	20,352
Sept	64,817	996	623	156,286	1,049	63,733	16,812	13,504	32,657	-598	843	350,722	5,282	18,501	18,786
October	54,071	990	574	133,025	985	58,945	14,638	12,252	38,226	-434	839	314,111	4,790	16,752	17,042
November	56,170	937	628	126,944	964	62,041	18,764	8,484	47,660	-495	861	322,959	3,852	12,187	12,336
December	73,164	3,815	785	141,138	1,043	69,094	21,870	7,033	45,361	-554	875	363,625	3,501	10,435	10,534
Year 2023
January	60,121	998	329	137,731	1,002	70,870	22,954	8,137	45,015	-611	890	347,437	4,020	12,073	12,157
Year to Date
2021	81,240	936	702	126,530	1,035	71,732	24,560	5,559	36,231	-424	1,109	349,210	2,750	8,229	8,309
2022	87,485	3,002	537	135,409	984	70,577	26,213	8,171	44,205	-493	1,017	377,106	3,247	11,285	11,418
2023	60,121	998	329	137,731	1,002	70,870	22,954	8,137	45,015	-611	890	347,437	4,020	12,073	12,157
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2022	904,244	13,729	7,346	1,588,069	11,346	778,489	253,237	117,870	456,398	-5,181	12,048	4,137,596	49,662	164,555	167,532
2023	801,629	14,270	6,901	1,691,787	11,902	771,830	258,741	145,565	506,082	-6,152	10,911	4,213,467	59,284	201,895	204,849

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 Gases.
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 Gases.
Petroleum Coke includes petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas. Prior to 2011, petroleum coke-derived synthesis gas was included in Other Gases.
Other Gas includes blast furnace gas and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. Prior to 2011, Other Gas included propane and synthesis gases.
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 non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, hydrogen, 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 2021 and prior years are final. Values for 2022 and 2023 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.