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. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2014-September 2024

(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
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	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	4,183,271	73,406	236,090	238,937
Year 2022
January	87,588	3,105	564	134,948	1,005	70,577	24,198	7,822	43,424	-493	1,029	373,766	3,376	11,065	11,198
February	70,966	1,114	621	114,945	886	61,852	21,321	9,027	43,090	-412	900	324,311	3,717	12,585	12,744
March	61,019	959	500	112,477	953	63,154	24,436	11,694	48,677	-318	979	324,530	5,121	16,560	16,815
April	55,329	749	528	105,506	921	55,290	20,066	13,402	51,528	-265	941	303,994	5,671	18,751	19,073
May	62,532	834	596	127,091	1,036	63,382	23,359	15,120	47,729	-467	971	342,184	6,236	20,985	21,356
June	73,463	897	683	155,517	987	65,715	25,988	16,052	39,461	-589	959	379,134	6,229	21,910	22,281
July	86,415	1,045	488	189,042	1,083	68,857	24,567	15,765	35,499	-768	982	422,975	6,438	21,915	22,203
August	85,215	1,001	576	188,860	1,008	68,897	21,133	14,502	30,657	-640	924	412,133	6,194	20,418	20,697
Sept	64,998	942	648	156,948	987	63,733	17,026	13,286	32,840	-598	845	351,655	5,544	18,545	18,830
October	54,228	952	610	133,492	968	58,945	14,367	11,942	38,036	-434	844	313,949	5,022	16,674	16,964
November	56,377	911	568	127,523	911	62,041	17,898	8,403	46,779	-495	864	321,780	4,035	12,289	12,438
December	73,381	3,296	744	140,716	978	69,094	20,430	6,777	44,514	-548	876	360,257	3,698	10,377	10,475
Year 2023
January	61,357	983	421	138,339	945	70,870	22,754	7,806	44,039	-620	890	347,784	3,989	11,711	11,795
February	46,374	1,233	395	124,892	891	60,807	19,961	9,435	46,464	-456	779	310,776	4,387	13,713	13,822
March	50,096	924	314	133,558	1,028	62,820	21,331	12,213	49,008	-519	791	331,565	6,005	18,064	18,218
April	40,233	868	301	119,878	866	56,662	19,820	15,062	47,623	-290	745	301,768	6,742	21,509	21,803
May	43,804	880	330	137,296	1,011	61,155	27,651	17,281	37,566	-459	858	327,374	7,543	24,525	24,824
June	57,772	878	389	161,851	974	64,819	21,572	17,834	32,725	-551	839	359,101	7,405	24,874	25,239
July	78,903	964	651	199,289	1,046	69,888	21,978	18,894	33,391	-656	873	425,220	7,720	26,234	26,614
August	78,112	958	651	199,000	1,088	69,744	21,293	17,744	33,879	-653	866	422,682	7,504	24,938	25,248
Sept	59,959	894	592	166,151	983	65,560	16,916	15,583	33,467	-553	776	360,328	6,604	21,894	22,187
October	50,933	990	293	140,655	924	61,436	15,673	14,121	41,061	-372	838	326,549	6,076	19,910	20,196
November	51,209	906	179	135,358	959	62,258	17,026	10,446	41,772	-347	845	320,610	4,938	15,218	15,384
December	56,365	920	318	149,798	1,062	68,854	19,028	9,113	43,713	-514	857	349,513	4,494	13,500	13,606
Year 2024
January	75,691	1,548	315	160,174	1,071	69,080	21,924	9,730	40,407	-412	807	380,335	4,806	14,457	14,536
February	44,058	763	217	130,989	766	64,584	20,101	12,476	46,492	-404	720	320,763	5,427	17,784	17,903
March	38,390	810	166	130,609	719	63,346	23,315	15,797	50,633	-349	700	324,136	7,142	22,718	22,939
April	37,323	929	234	121,406	767	57,621	19,377	19,054	52,245	-338	650	309,269	7,897	26,619	26,951
May	45,914	916	272	143,621	774	64,973	22,613	22,114	43,857	-292	811	345,572	8,610	30,310	30,724
June	61,393	908	408	169,315	880	68,192	21,170	24,193	43,250	-586	741	389,865	8,623	32,402	32,817
July	71,687	1,011	435	207,735	854	69,885	21,186	24,115	33,254	-649	775	430,288	8,805	32,558	32,919
August	68,838	1,026	435	203,094	861	69,760	21,359	23,960	34,091	-812	742	423,355	8,442	32,047	32,402
Sept	54,526	876	258	169,382	741	62,660	16,660	20,099	33,979	-654	664	359,190	7,543	27,307	27,642
Year to Date
2022	647,525	10,647	5,205	1,285,334	8,866	581,456	202,094	116,671	372,905	-4,550	8,530	3,234,681	48,526	162,735	165,197
2023	516,608	8,582	4,046	1,380,253	8,833	582,326	193,276	131,851	358,163	-4,758	7,417	3,186,598	57,899	187,462	189,750
2024	497,821	8,787	2,740	1,436,326	7,434	590,102	187,706	171,538	378,208	-4,496	6,609	3,282,774	67,294	236,201	238,833
Rolling 12 Months Ending in September
2023	700,595	13,740	5,967	1,781,984	11,690	772,406	245,972	158,972	487,492	-6,235	10,002	4,182,584	70,654	226,802	229,626
2024	656,328	11,602	3,531	1,862,136	10,378	782,650	239,432	205,218	504,753	-5,729	9,149	4,279,447	82,802	284,829	288,020

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 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.