Data for the United States for 2019 (except where noted).
Note: MW = megawatts, MWh = megawatthours, KW = kilowatts, and kWh = kilowatthours
Electricity generation from utility-scale power plants (net generation) | |
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Total net generation | 4,126,882 thousand MWh or about 4.13 trillion kWh |
Share of total net generation by energy source | |
Natural gas | 38.4% |
Coal | 23.4% |
Nuclear | 19.6% |
Nonhydroelectric renewables | 10.7% |
Hydroelectric (conventional) | 7.0% |
Petroleum and other sources | 1.1% |
Number of electricity generators | 22,731 |
Largest power plant by net generation | Palo Verde (nuclear)—31,920,368 MWh or about 31.9 billion kWh |
Electricity generation capacity of utility-scale generators (net summer capacity) | |
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Total net capacity |
1,099,109 MW or about 1.1 billion KW |
Share of capacity by energy source | |
Natural gas | 43.4% |
Coal | 20.8% |
Nonhydroelectric renewables | 14.3% |
Hydroelectric (total) | 9.3% |
Conventional hydro | 7.3% |
Pumped storage hydro | 2.1% |
Nuclear | 8.9% |
Petroleum | 2.9% |
Other | 0.2% |
Total may not equal 100% because of independent rounding. | |
Largest power plant by capacity | Grand Coulee Dam (hydroelectric)—7,079 MW |
Electricity consumption (end use) and price | |
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Total end use | 3,954,609 million kWh or about 3.95 trillion kWh |
Share of end use by type | |
Electricity retail sales (total) | 96.4% |
Direct use of electricity | 3.6% |
Electricity retail sales and shares by sector | 3,811,150 million kWh or about 3.8 trillion kWh |
Residential sector | 37.8% |
Commercial sector | 35.7% |
Industrial sector | 26.3% |
Transportation sector | 0.2% |
Largest electric utility by retail sales (within state) | Florida Power & Light Company—111,955,723 MWh or about 112 billion kWh |
Retail prices by sector (average annual) | |
Residential | 13.01 cents per kWh |
Commercial | 10.68 cents per kWh |
Industrial | 6.81 cents per kWh |
Transportation | 9.66 cents per kWh |
Average | 10.54 cents per kWh |
State retail price rankings (average annual price for all sectors) | Highest—Hawaii at 28.72 cents per kWh Lowest—Louisiana at 7.71 cents per kWh |
Average residential monthly consumption | 887 kWh |
Average residential monthly bill | $115.49 |
Largest electric utility by retail sales revenues (within state) | Florida Power and Light—$11.1 billion |
Emissions | |
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Emissions from electric power plants | |
Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 1,724,396 thousand metric tons (about 1.72 billion metric tons or about 1.90 billion short tons) |
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) | 1,267 thousand metric tons (about 1.27 million metric tons or about 1.4 million short tons) |
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 1,342 thousand metric tons (about 1.34 million metric tons or about 1.48 million short tons |
Last updated: November 3, 2020