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With Data for 2023 Release Date: October 17, 2024 Next Release: October 2025 full report PDF
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SAS Output
Table 3.5.A. Net Generation by Energy Source: Industrial Sector, 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 12,554 495 2,036 88,733 8,531 0 3,463 17 29,074 0 5,113 150,015 N/A N/A N/A
2014 12,341 544 1,389 86,209 8,664 0 1,282 16 28,659 0 4,978 144,083 1,139 1,156 1,156
2015 10,896 563 990 88,355 9,401 0 1,410 21 28,614 0 5,462 145,712 1,451 1,472 1,472
2016 9,103 503 909 91,197 8,895 0 1,269 27 28,663 0 5,324 145,890 2,060 2,087 2,087
2017 7,669 463 776 91,647 8,343 0 1,382 42 28,508 0 4,928 143,758 2,364 2,406 2,406
2018 7,011 517 640 94,892 9,377 0 1,149 47 28,440 0 4,725 146,798 2,636 2,683 2,683
2019 5,957 424 576 100,065 8,554 0 1,033 85 27,276 0 4,567 148,537 3,041 3,127 3,127
2020 5,451 398 510 96,381 8,644 0 1,001 101 26,348 0 4,231 143,064 3,484 3,586 3,586
2021 5,278 400 367 95,240 8,093 0 936 137 25,324 0 3,975 139,750 3,858 3,994 3,994
2022 5,128 614 379 96,548 8,271 0 899 276 24,226 0 3,702 140,043 4,048 4,324 4,324
2023 4,327 494 273 98,463 8,438 0 844 326 22,130 0 3,369 138,664 4,382 4,708 4,708
Year 2021
January 449 36 39 8,701 698 0 86 6 2,222 0 369 12,606 216 222 222
February 410 60 33 6,767 624 0 62 7 1,888 0 286 10,136 230 237 237
March 432 35 36 7,177 663 0 103 11 2,208 0 344 11,010 330 340 340
April 399 30 30 7,107 601 0 89 12 2,077 0 300 10,645 357 370 370
May 443 30 38 7,501 626 0 84 14 2,114 0 329 11,179 394 408 408
June 459 28 26 8,176 652 0 60 13 2,093 0 329 11,837 396 409 409
July 458 29 28 8,868 735 0 76 13 2,154 0 354 12,715 405 419 419
August 449 33 25 8,739 700 0 70 15 2,204 0 344 12,579 392 407 407
September 464 26 26 7,691 686 0 75 15 2,094 0 313 11,389 354 369 369
October 419 32 29 7,933 719 0 76 12 2,038 0 313 11,571 319 331 331
November 459 30 31 8,134 691 0 83 11 2,047 0 334 11,820 246 257 257
December 438 31 26 8,448 697 0 70 8 2,185 0 359 12,264 219 226 226
Year 2022
January 445 51 31 8,683 713 0 77 13 2,137 0 359 12,508 230 243 243
February 409 NM 36 7,440 635 0 83 15 1,944 0 319 10,921 244 259 259
March 459 41 30 7,931 683 0 111 21 2,051 0 347 11,673 348 369 369
April 402 42 28 7,350 630 0 102 24 1,986 0 308 10,871 377 401 401
May 461 40 35 7,790 671 0 84 28 2,045 0 332 11,485 413 441 441
June 450 45 29 7,964 706 0 63 32 2,053 0 319 11,661 413 446 446
July 453 48 28 8,667 741 0 53 31 2,152 0 336 12,510 426 458 458
August 453 38 31 8,759 731 0 61 30 2,091 0 303 12,498 411 441 441
September 404 47 29 7,842 680 0 60 26 1,919 0 265 11,272 368 395 395
October 396 43 33 7,903 692 0 51 24 1,828 0 260 11,230 333 357 357
November 372 43 38 8,144 675 0 62 18 1,998 0 287 11,635 256 273 273
December 425 137 31 8,075 714 0 92 13 2,023 0 270 11,779 229 242 242
Year 2023
January 414 59 32 8,047 660 0 85 16 1,987 0 290 11,590 244 260 260
February 354 50 25 7,577 654 0 86 18 1,751 0 281 10,797 259 277 277
March 343 48 31 8,122 748 0 104 24 1,914 0 276 11,609 370 395 395
April 334 39 17 7,017 665 0 87 34 1,723 0 252 10,170 408 442 442
May 359 32 20 7,789 703 0 84 35 1,880 0 273 11,175 447 481 481
June 362 38 18 8,429 701 0 69 35 1,749 0 253 11,654 446 481 481
July 387 38 27 8,847 741 0 69 37 1,811 0 292 12,247 461 497 497
August 366 38 23 8,923 755 0 57 34 1,916 0 290 12,401 444 478 478
September 358 36 19 8,506 694 0 46 30 1,787 0 276 11,753 400 429 429
October 340 36 20 8,166 675 0 40 26 1,745 0 304 11,351 363 389 389
November 340 38 21 8,287 697 0 45 21 1,873 0 293 11,615 286 307 307
December 370 41 20 8,751 746 0 72 17 1,994 0 290 12,302 254 271 271

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.