Electric Power Monthly

Data for March 2023 Release Date: May 24, 2023 Next Release Date: June 27, 2023 Full report PDF

SAS Output

Table 1.1.A. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Total (All Sectors), 2013-March 2023

(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
2013	167,840	8,121	915	40,028	10,658	7,186	2,986	15,775	268,565	522,073	N/A	N/A	N/A
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	434,812	142,596	3,003	36,569	8,938	5,789	2,163	17,002	261,999	912,870	58,512	201,107	204,110
Year 2021
January	30,060	5,479	80	3,229	860	530	205	1,347	24,560	66,350	2,750	8,229	8,309
February	26,716	6,196	134	2,859	759	457	183	1,287	20,137	58,728	2,939	9,135	9,270
March	39,205	9,038	259	3,108	845	520	209	1,242	21,220	75,646	4,158	13,196	13,454
April	36,158	10,558	334	2,785	779	506	180	1,288	19,389	71,977	4,610	15,168	15,502
May	33,787	12,064	393	2,966	806	517	191	1,335	23,309	75,368	5,063	17,127	17,520
June	26,672	11,876	321	3,088	773	518	179	1,277	23,454	68,157	5,107	16,983	17,304
July	21,716	11,934	257	3,248	792	525	179	1,351	22,098	62,100	5,192	17,127	17,384
August	27,071	11,626	341	3,315	776	519	175	1,337	20,328	65,487	4,924	16,551	16,891
Sept	28,998	10,912	302	3,005	754	497	185	1,343	17,022	63,020	4,370	15,282	15,584
October	32,215	9,045	223	2,835	751	500	188	1,319	17,133	64,210	3,821	12,866	13,089
November	35,751	7,607	188	2,890	723	480	190	1,366	19,373	68,568	3,259	10,866	11,054
December	39,849	5,999	92	3,134	803	533	201	1,484	23,562	75,656	2,970	8,969	9,061
Year 2022
January	38,080	8,038	133	3,089	783	494	192	1,566	26,213	78,588	3,247	11,285	11,418
February	37,984	9,174	159	2,981	714	434	172	1,310	22,904	75,832	3,577	12,751	12,910
March	43,014	11,642	256	3,012	775	467	192	1,376	25,356	86,091	4,900	16,543	16,798
April	45,960	13,154	322	2,731	726	484	168	1,333	19,573	84,450	5,409	18,563	18,885
May	41,668	14,827	371	3,052	773	492	176	1,384	23,071	85,814	5,946	20,773	21,145
June	33,483	15,686	372	3,239	765	498	177	1,363	26,892	82,475	5,941	21,626	21,998
July	29,302	15,461	288	3,478	769	511	189	1,438	24,193	75,629	6,157	21,618	21,907
August	24,355	14,162	279	3,351	751	498	177	1,442	21,713	66,728	5,910	20,072	20,352
Sept	27,032	13,219	285	2,871	718	469	155	1,412	16,812	62,973	5,282	18,501	18,786
October	32,824	11,962	290	2,647	748	474	189	1,344	14,638	65,116	4,790	16,752	17,042
November	41,826	8,335	149	3,004	703	474	184	1,469	18,764	74,909	3,852	12,187	12,336
December	39,282	6,934	99	3,114	714	494	194	1,564	21,870	74,264	3,501	10,435	10,534
Year 2023
January	39,076	8,053	84	3,095	744	485	202	1,414	22,954	76,106	4,020	12,073	12,157
February	42,015	9,272	109	2,638	650	423	203	1,316	19,338	75,964	4,412	13,685	13,794
March	44,355	12,121	154	2,692	708	448	193	1,369	20,630	82,670	6,104	18,225	18,379
Year to Date
2021	95,981	20,713	473	9,197	2,464	1,507	598	3,876	65,917	200,724	9,847	30,560	31,033
2022	119,079	28,855	547	9,082	2,272	1,394	556	4,253	74,472	240,511	11,724	40,579	41,126
2023	125,446	29,446	347	8,425	2,102	1,356	597	4,100	62,923	234,741	14,537	43,983	44,330
Rolling 12 Months Ending in March
2022	401,295	120,476	2,998	36,349	9,230	5,989	2,226	16,352	260,140	855,054	51,041	171,517	174,515
2023	441,178	143,188	2,802	35,912	8,767	5,750	2,204	16,849	250,450	907,100	61,324	204,511	207,313

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 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.