Data for the United States for 2022 (except where noted).
Note: MW = megawatts, MWh = megawatthours, KW = kilowatts, and kWh = kilowatthours
| Electricity generation from utility-scale power plants (net generation) 1 | |
|---|---|
| Total net generation | 4,230,672 thousand MWh or about 4.23 trillion kWh |
| Share of total net generation by energy source | |
| Natural gas | 38.9% |
| Coal | 19.7% |
| Nuclear | 18.2% |
| Renewables total | 21.3% |
| Wind | 10.3% |
| Hydroelectric (conventional) | 6.0% |
| Solar (total) | 3.4% |
| Biomass (total) | 1.2% |
| Geothermal | 0.4% |
| Petroleum and other sources 2 | 0.8% |
| Number of electricity generators | 25,378 |
| Number of power plants | 12,538 |
| Largest power plant by net generation | Palo Verde (nuclear)—31,942,793 MWh or about 31.9 billion kWh |
| Electricity generation capacity of utility-scale power plants (net summer capacity) 1 | |
|---|---|
| Total net capacity |
1,161,432 MW or about 1.16 billion KW |
| Share of capacity by energy source | |
| Natural gas | 43.3% |
| Renewables total | 26.6% |
| Wind | 10.1% |
| Solar (total) | 5.3% |
| Biomass (total) | 0.3% |
| Geothermal | 0.2% |
| Hydroelectric (total) | 8.9% |
| Conventional hydro | 6.9% |
| Pumped storage hydro | 2.0% |
| Coal | 16.3% |
| Nuclear | 8.2% |
| Petroleum (total) | 2.6% |
| Other | 1.0% |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Total end use | 4,066,894,770 MWh or about 4.07 trillion kWh |
| Share of end use by type | |
| Electricity retail sales (total) | 96.6% |
| Direct use of electricity | 3.4% |
| Electricity retail sales (total) and percentage shares by sector | 3,927,169,069 MWh or about 3.93 trillion kWh |
| Residential sector | 38.4% |
| Commercial sector | 35.4% |
| Industrial sector | 26.0% |
| Transportation sector | 0.2% |
| Largest electric utility by retail sales (within state) | Florida Power and Light Company—126,708,937 MWh or about 127 billion kWh |
| Retail prices by sector (average annual) | |
| Residential | 15.04 cents per kWh |
| Commercial | 12.41 cents per kWh |
| Industrial | 8.32 cents per kWh |
| Transportation | 11.59 cents per kWh |
| Average (all sectors) | 12.36 cents per kWh |
| State retail price rankings (average annual price for all sectors) | Highest—Hawaii at 39.72 cents per kWh Lowest—Wyoming at 8.24 cents per kWh |
| Average residential monthly consumption | 889 kWh |
| Average residential monthly bill | $135.25 |
| Largest electric utility by total retail sales revenues (within state) | Florida Power and Light—$15.46 billion |
| Emissions | |
|---|---|
| Emissions from electric power plants | |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 1,650,367 thousand metric tons (about 1.65 billion metric tons or about 1.82 billion short tons) |
| Sulfur dioxide (SO2) | 1,079 thousand metric tons (about 1.08 million metric tons or about 1.19 million short tons) |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx) | 1,230 thousand metric tons (about 1.23 million metric tons or about 1.36 million short tons |
1 Utility-scale power plants have at least one MW of electric generation capacity.
2 Includes petroleum coke, petroleum liquids, other gases, other miscellaneous sources not included above, and pumped-storage hydroelectricity.
Last updated: October 26, 2023, with data available at the time of update.