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Electric Power Annual

With Data for 2023 Release Date: October 17, 2024 Next Release: October 2025 full report PDF
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SAS Output
Table 3.1.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2013 - 2023
(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
2013 1,581,115 13,820 13,344 1,124,836 12,853 789,016 268,565 9,036 244,472 -4,681 13,588 4,065,964 N/A N/A N/A
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 2021
January 81,240 936 702 126,530 1,035 71,732 24,560 5,559 36,231 -424 1,109 349,210 2,750 8,229 8,309
February 87,470 1,589 660 111,183 820 62,954 20,137 6,330 32,261 -425 921 323,900 2,939 9,135 9,270
March 61,904 791 645 107,019 860 63,708 21,220 9,296 45,129 -236 1,060 311,397 4,158 13,196 13,454
April 53,956 802 422 107,416 871 57,092 19,389 10,892 41,696 -197 969 293,308 4,610 15,168 15,502
May 63,873 835 534 114,676 914 63,394 23,309 12,457 39,602 -416 1,003 320,181 5,063 17,127 17,520
June 87,265 932 453 149,376 974 66,070 23,454 12,197 32,506 -376 1,006 373,856 5,107 16,983 17,304
July 101,537 883 681 170,189 1,046 68,832 22,098 12,192 27,811 -685 1,041 405,624 5,192 17,127 17,384
August 101,855 1,197 747 172,716 1,031 69,471 20,328 11,967 33,192 -670 1,031 412,865 4,924 16,551 16,891
September 78,877 950 638 138,214 984 64,520 17,022 11,214 34,783 -434 975 347,744 4,370 15,282 15,584
October 62,572 894 655 131,852 1,062 58,401 17,133 9,268 37,809 -427 982 320,202 3,821 12,866 13,089
November 57,426 887 783 122,433 871 62,749 19,373 7,795 41,400 -377 970 314,310 3,259 10,866 11,054
December 60,025 968 591 127,586 930 70,720 23,562 6,091 46,004 -445 1,073 337,104 2,970 8,969 9,061
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
September 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
September 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

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 are final. 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.