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The table below provides details about electricity generation by state as of 2015. This information comes from the United States Energy Information Administration.[1]
| Electricity generation by state, January 2015 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Petroleum-fired electricity generation | Natural gas-fired electricity generation | Coal-fired electricity generation | Nuclear electricity generation | Hydroelectric electricity generation | Other renewable electricity generation | Total net electricity generation
(thousand megawatt hour) |
| Alabama | -- | 38.60% | 28.70% | 23.70% | 6.70% | 2.20% | 10,969 |
| Alaska | 13.40% | 53.10% | 7.70% | 0% | 23.10% | 2.70% | 490 |
| Arizona | -- | 28.50% | 39.10% | 24.60% | 4.70% | 3.20% | 9,264 |
| Arkansas | -- | 12.90% | 52.50% | 28.30% | 3.40% | 2.80% | 4,867 |
| California | 0.10% | 67.90% | 0.30% | 5.40% | 5.90% | 19.30% | 17,378 |
| Colorado | -- | 27.20% | 55.40% | 0% | 1.90% | 15.80% | 4,215 |
| Connecticut | 0.10% | 48.10% | 0.10% | 45.00% | 1.30% | 3.10% | 2,127 |
| Delaware | -- | 95.00% | 0.30% | 0% | 0% | 2.10% | 513 |
| Florida | 0.10% | 64.80% | 20.20% | 11.40% | -- | 2.10% | 19,175 |
| Georgia | -- | 45.20% | 21.00% | 28.70% | 2.00% | 4.00% | 9,004 |
| Hawaii | 69.20% | 0% | 15.50% | 0% | -- | 12.30% | 869 |
| Idaho | -- | 17.40% | -- | 0% | 52.40% | 29.60% | 972 |
| Illinois | -- | 3.60% | 41.60% | 48.80% | -- | 5.70% | 15,876 |
| Indiana | 0.10% | 8.90% | 83.60% | 0% | 0.50% | 4.30% | 8,593 |
| Iowa | 0.10% | 3.70% | 60.80% | 0.70% | -- | 33.80% | 4,415 |
| Kansas | 0.10% | 3.20% | 52.60% | 23.10% | -- | 21.00% | 3,914 |
| Kentucky | 0.10% | -- | 93.20% | 0% | 3.80% | 0.60% | 6,460 |
| Louisiana | -- | 57.30% | 14.40% | 17.40% | 0.90% | 2.90% | 7,905 |
| Maine | 0.20% | 25.40% | 0.30% | 0% | 31.30% | 38.90% | 929 |
| Maryland | 0.20% | 7.40% | 37.30% | 48.60% | 2.30% | 3.30% | 2,671 |
| Massachusetts | 0.20% | 70.10% | -- | 19.20% | 3.00% | 6.20% | 2,605 |
| Michigan | 0.10% | 11.50% | 49.30% | 29.10% | 0.80% | 7.00% | 8,282 |
| Minnesota | 0.10% | 13.70% | 49.00% | 14.20% | -- | 21.60% | 4,407 |
| Mississippi | -- | 60.70% | 13.60% | 22.80% | 0% | 2.90% | 4,605 |
| Missouri | 0.10% | 8.60% | 82.90% | 4.90% | 1.20% | 1.90% | 5,853 |
| Montana | -- | - | 61.60% | 0% | 25.90% | 8.00% | 2,471 |
| Nebraska | 0.10% | 1.20% | 73.80% | 13.00% | 2.40% | 9.50% | 2,878 |
| Nevada | 0.10% | 71.30% | 13.80% | 0% | 3.40% | 11.50% | 3,117 |
| New Hampshire | -- | 29.10% | 0.20% | 54.30% | 5.10% | 10.90% | 1,708 |
| New Jersey | -- | 48.80% | 1.80% | 46.00% | -- | 2.80% | 5,446 |
| New Mexico | 0.20% | 25.20% | 65.30% | 0% | -- | 8.70% | 2,324 |
| New York | 0.10% | 38.50% | 1.40% | 34.60% | 19.60% | 5.20% | 10,919 |
| North Carolina | 0.10% | 20.10% | 37.80% | 34.40% | 4.10% | 3.00% | 8,653 |
| North Dakota | 0.10% | -- | 73.10% | 0% | 6.60% | 20.00% | 3,209 |
| Ohio | 0.10% | 13.30% | 68.40% | 15.30% | 0.30% | 1.80% | 9,020 |
| Oklahoma | -- | 38.10% | 40.50% | 0% | 2.90% | 18.50% | 5,023 |
| Oregon | -- | 31.70% | 9.20% | 0% | 47.70% | 11.30% | 4,411 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.10% | 29.10% | 27.80% | 38.70% | 0.80% | 3.10% | 17,569 |
| Rhode Island | 0.20% | 95.50% | 0.00% | 0.00% | -- | 4.10% | 583 |
| South Carolina | 0.10% | 11.00% | 22.80% | 63.40% | 1.80% | 2.00% | 7,680 |
| South Dakota | -- | - | 16.90% | 0% | 58.60% | 22.30% | 1,209 |
| Tennessee | 0.10% | 6.50% | 33.90% | 43.60% | 15.00% | 1.60% | 5,858 |
| Texas | -- | 49.20% | 32.10% | 8.60% | 0.20% | 9.10% | 34,454 |
| Utah | 0.10% | 20.30% | 75.80% | 0% | -- | 2.60% | 3,484 |
| Vermont | -- | - | 0% | 70.40% | 16.80% | 12.70% | 585 |
| Virginia | 0.60% | 19.00% | 26.80% | 46.50% | 1.70% | 6.30% | 5,179 |
| Washington | -- | 16.00% | 8.80% | 10.50% | 56.20% | 8.00% | 7,911 |
| West Virginia | 0.20% | 2.40% | 92.80% | 0% | 1.90% | 2.80% | 5,624 |
| Wisconsin | -- | 23.60% | 56.60% | 11.30% | 2.00% | 6.20% | 4,277 |
| Wyoming | 0.10% | 0.90% | 88.60% | 0% | 0.90% | 8.90% | 4,016 |
| United States average | 2.88% | 30.30% | 35.68% | 17.38% | 10.22% | 8.83% | 6,279 |
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" | |||||||
Energy in the 50 states
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See also
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