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Data for January 2025 Release Date: March 25, 2025 Next Release Date: April 24, 2025 Full report PDF Re-release date March 31, 2025 (Revision Notice)

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Table 1.2.C. Net Generation by Energy Source: Commercial Sector, 2015-January 2025

(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
2015	509	183	8	7,471	0	0	35	416	2,803	0	1,170	12,595	5,689	6,106	6,106
2016	383	77	6	7,730	0	0	217	529	2,697	0	1,068	12,706	6,158	6,687	6,687
2017	329	103	8	8,042	0	0	240	521	2,729	0	1,088	13,060	7,685	8,206	8,206
2018	303	132	7	8,419	0	0	227	525	2,688	0	1,010	13,312	9,798	10,324	10,324
2019	268	116	5	8,610	0	0	188	587	2,840	0	1,076	13,689	11,002	11,588	11,588
2020	240	97	2	8,110	0	0	214	586	2,761	0	1,035	13,046	12,859	13,445	13,445
2021	280	94	4	7,346	0	0	258	598	2,978	0	1,209	12,768	15,124	15,722	15,722
2022	287	101	10	7,830	0	0	263	669	4,185	0	3,391	16,737	17,724	18,393	18,393
2023	220	76	2	7,744	0	0	293	615	3,930	0	3,185	16,066	19,751	20,366	20,366
2024	200	78	4	8,069	0	0	302	702	3,846	0	3,126	16,327	22,307	23,009	23,009
Year 2023
January	28	9	1	619	0	0	29	28	327	0	270	1,311	1,119	1,147	1,147
February	26	19	0.27	583	0	0	26	38	290	0	230	1,210	1,234	1,272	1,272
March	20	7	0.20	606	0	0	30	51	305	0	240	1,260	1,680	1,731	1,731
April	21	4	0	560	0	0	30	67	295	0	234	1,210	1,855	1,923	1,923
May	17	5	0	591	0	0	26	71	333	0	271	1,314	2,023	2,095	2,095
June	9	4	0	656	0	0	19	66	343	0	281	1,378	2,011	2,077	2,077
July	12	5	0	777	0	0	24	70	346	0	289	1,522	2,087	2,156	2,156
August	12	4	0	740	0	0	24	62	346	0	277	1,465	2,010	2,072	2,072
Sept	15	4	0	701	0	0	18	53	317	0	257	1,365	1,796	1,849	1,849
October	18	5	0	621	0	0	23	46	333	0	271	1,318	1,558	1,604	1,604
November	18	5	0	604	0	0	22	37	340	0	277	1,303	1,225	1,262	1,262
December	23	6	1	686	0	0	23	25	358	0	288	1,411	1,153	1,178	1,178
Year 2024
January	32	NM	1	699	0	0	28	33	345	0	278	1,428	1,256	1,289	1,289
February	21	5	0.43	654	0	0	NM	46	304	0	247	1,302	1,433	1,479	1,479
March	19	7	0	676	0	0	27	58	307	0	244	1,339	1,881	1,939	1,939
April	13	NM	0	576	0	0	23	67	304	0	246	1,235	2,070	2,137	2,137
May	NM	6	1	620	0	0	NM	75	334	0	278	1,350	2,284	2,359	2,359
June	11	7	1	686	0	0	30	79	318	0	264	1,396	2,282	2,361	2,361
July	14	NM	0	771	0	0	NM	74	334	0	270	1,496	2,370	2,444	2,444
August	16	5	0	777	0	0	26	74	332	0	280	1,511	2,273	2,347	2,347
Sept	17	3	0	687	0	0	18	62	306	0	247	1,340	2,037	2,099	2,099
October	14	4	0	629	0	0	NM	60	314	0	258	1,296	1,764	1,824	1,824
November	16	6	0	618	0	0	24	39	321	0	254	1,277	1,376	1,415	1,415
December	18	NM	1	678	0	0	29	35	327	0	259	1,357	1,281	1,316	1,316
Year 2025
January	28	NM	1	687	0	0	29	39	316	0	248	1,367	1,398	1,437	1,437
Year to Date
2023	28	9	1	619	0	0	29	28	327	0	270	1,311	1,119	1,147	1,147
2024	32	NM	1	699	0	0	28	33	345	0	278	1,428	1,256	1,289	1,289
2025	28	NM	1	687	0	0	29	39	316	0	248	1,367	1,398	1,437	1,437
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2024	224	NM	2	7,824	0	0	292	620	3,948	0	3,193	16,182	19,888	20,508	20,508
2025	NM	NM	4	8,058	0	0	NM	708	3,817	0	3,096	16,266	22,449	23,157	23,157

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 and 2025 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.