On the latest EIA daily reporting day, 24.5% of US electricity came from renewable sources

Wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal generation across the Lower-48 grid, calculated from EIA daily calendar-day totals for Sep 15, 2026 ET. The EIA publishes with a lag.

13.0 TWh

Daily total generation

3.2 TWh

Daily renewable generation

Sep 16, 3:00 AM UTC / Sep 15, 8:00 PM PDT

Latest EIA reading (UTC / PT)

US renewable share

Hourly readings · last 24 hours

24H 1W 1M 3M YTD 1Y 3Y 5Y Max

US generation by source

Latest EIA daily generation · ET

Day 1W 1M 3M YTD 1Y 3Y 5Y Max

Natural Gas

5,419,910 MWh/day · 41.6%

Nuclear

2,169,520 MWh/day · 16.7%

Coal

2,037,862 MWh/day · 15.7%

WindRenewable

1,564,964 MWh/day · 12.0%

SolarRenewable

1,075,177 MWh/day · 8.3%

HydroRenewable

508,785 MWh/day · 3.9%

Other

158,027 MWh/day · 1.2%

GeothermalRenewable

29,862 MWh/day · 0.2%

Petroleum

23,229 MWh/day · 0.2%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

16,223 MWh/day · 0.1%

Battery Storage

13,488 MWh/day · 0.1%

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