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Data for August 2026 Release Date: October 23, 2026 Next Release Date: November 24, 2026
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Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2016-August 2026
(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
Fossil
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
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 831,512 15,805 7,126 1,687,065 11,722 771,537 254,789 143,792 502,234 -6,028 11,114 4,230,668 61,282 202,075 205,074
2023 675,115 11,397 4,836 1,806,063 11,778 774,873 245,002 165,530 484,708 -5,990 9,957 4,183,270 73,406 236,090 238,937
2024 652,156 11,456 3,629 1,869,902 10,845 781,865 242,896 219,834 513,733 -5,852 8,170 4,308,634 83,918 300,634 303,752
2025 734,928 14,551 4,694 1,811,004 9,528 785,304 241,303 300,303 522,497 -5,362 6,279 4,425,029 93,041 390,489 393,343
Year 2024
January 75,618 1,469 360 161,667 1,074 69,080 21,554 9,583 40,334 -414 799 381,122 4,726 14,230 14,309
February 44,137 740 217 131,845 931 64,584 20,795 12,540 46,108 -404 720 322,214 5,342 17,763 17,882
March 38,505 784 207 131,137 882 63,346 23,363 16,019 50,354 -349 689 324,938 7,113 22,911 23,132
April 37,246 866 278 121,532 913 57,542 20,916 19,241 51,940 -338 644 310,780 7,832 26,741 27,073
May 45,812 850 304 143,993 889 64,973 24,477 22,371 44,360 -284 738 348,485 8,539 30,496 30,910
June 61,339 890 389 169,156 941 68,192 22,397 24,459 43,755 -579 694 391,632 8,553 32,598 33,012
July 71,565 997 451 205,959 949 69,851 21,384 24,484 33,593 -639 723 429,317 8,778 32,901 33,262
August 68,760 993 432 202,915 911 69,760 20,491 24,328 34,653 -798 682 423,127 8,412 32,387 32,741
Sept 54,559 839 236 169,671 836 62,660 15,911 20,538 34,165 -637 619 359,397 7,511 27,714 28,049
October 46,890 929 232 146,711 801 58,773 15,352 19,828 44,334 -439 570 333,980 6,736 26,331 26,564
November 44,924 875 220 137,687 800 61,904 16,723 13,841 45,214 -490 652 322,351 5,393 19,098 19,234
December 62,800 1,224 304 147,630 919 71,200 19,533 12,601 44,923 -481 639 361,292 4,984 17,465 17,585
Year 2025
January 82,937 2,751 533 158,383 865 71,945 20,624 15,710 48,127 -467 604 402,013 5,414 21,036 21,123
February 62,128 1,270 318 132,928 887 61,829 18,852 16,670 43,672 -417 555 338,692 5,826 22,357 22,496
March 49,121 871 312 118,430 863 62,457 22,700 23,725 54,783 -428 564 333,397 7,988 31,544 31,714
April 45,545 872 308 114,251 725 57,893 23,473 27,225 50,209 -259 532 320,773 8,768 35,694 35,993
May 48,566 797 325 135,058 710 62,145 25,471 30,261 41,983 -271 524 345,569 9,306 39,236 39,566
June 64,294 1,115 411 165,497 832 66,222 22,909 32,586 41,154 -420 507 395,109 9,416 41,615 42,002
July 80,015 1,183 592 201,051 884 70,784 20,370 34,082 37,239 -486 529 446,244 9,847 43,560 43,929
August 69,563 1,040 455 193,570 755 70,705 19,216 32,466 32,938 -560 503 420,651 9,312 41,440 41,778
Sept 58,161 918 369 168,278 762 65,458 15,000 28,592 30,928 -470 437 368,432 8,126 36,461 36,718
October 53,735 952 454 142,948 815 59,329 14,815 25,101 44,390 -513 464 342,490 7,544 32,411 32,645
November 54,248 960 325 131,366 745 63,911 16,392 18,587 45,188 -610 526 331,637 5,955 24,412 24,542
December 66,615 1,823 292 149,242 685 72,627 21,480 15,299 51,886 -462 534 380,022 5,538 20,721 20,838
Year 2026
January 72,396 5,090 387 151,782 802 73,356 27,214 18,400 49,935 -515 454 399,302 6,019 24,341 24,419
February 55,696 3,177 342 132,118 708 62,423 22,211 21,686 44,510 -539 380 342,713 6,413 27,980 28,099
March 43,696 992 296 127,968 777 62,124 26,826 29,523 57,422 -591 417 349,451 8,892 38,193 38,416
April 39,661 916 319 123,802 778 57,373 21,726 30,986 53,473 -463 285 328,855 9,757 40,479 40,743
May 45,049 1,040 415 137,539 552 65,136 21,801 36,369 46,022 -409 332 353,845 10,671 46,683 47,039
June 55,534 973 428 163,096 534 68,786 23,127 38,527 46,712 -468 315 397,566 10,714 48,875 49,241
July 75,639 1,305 472 205,225 645 71,172 19,447 41,044 37,247 -524 294 451,967 10,912 51,641 51,956
August 70,937 1,062 448 209,843 583 70,661 18,588 38,819 38,730 -565 300 449,406 10,387 48,919 49,206
Year to Date
2024 442,983 7,589 2,637 1,268,204 7,489 527,327 175,376 153,026 345,097 -3,805 5,691 2,931,615 59,294 210,025 212,320
2025 502,169 9,899 3,254 1,219,169 6,522 523,979 173,615 212,724 350,106 -3,306 4,317 3,002,448 65,877 276,483 278,601
2026 458,609 14,556 3,108 1,251,374 5,380 531,031 180,940 255,354 374,051 -4,075 2,777 3,073,105 73,765 327,111 329,119
Rolling 12 Months Ending in August
2025 711,342 13,765 4,245 1,820,867 9,878 778,517 241,135 279,532 518,742 -5,353 6,797 4,379,468 90,501 367,091 370,033
2026 691,368 19,209 4,548 1,843,209 8,386 792,356 248,627 342,933 546,442 -6,131 4,739 4,495,685 100,929 441,117 443,862

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.
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.

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