On the latest EIA daily reporting day, 19.8% 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 1, 2026 ET. The EIA publishes with a lag.

14.4 TWh

Daily total generation

2.9 TWh

Daily renewable generation

Sep 2, 3:00 AM UTC / Sep 1, 8:00 PM PDT

Latest EIA reading (UTC / PT)

US renewable share

EIA daily calendar-day average · ET · last three months

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

US generation by source

EIA daily calendar-day average generation · ET · last month

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

Natural Gas

6,245,309 MWh/day · 44.3%

Coal

2,428,498 MWh/day · 17.2%

Nuclear

2,291,377 MWh/day · 16.3%

SolarRenewable

1,135,510 MWh/day · 8.1%

WindRenewable

1,099,978 MWh/day · 7.8%

HydroRenewable

613,734 MWh/day · 4.4%

Other

185,013 MWh/day · 1.3%

GeothermalRenewable

28,802 MWh/day · 0.2%

Petroleum

20,732 MWh/day · 0.1%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

18,110 MWh/day · 0.1%

Battery Storage

13,268 MWh/day · 0.1%

Pumped Storage

3,324 MWh/day · 0.0%

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