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19.8%
Renewable

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 year
24H1W1M3MYTD1Y3Y5YMax
0%13%25%38%50%Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Apr '26Jun '26Sep '26

US generation by source

EIA daily calendar-day average generation · ET · last 7 days
Day1W1M3MYTD1Y3Y5YMax
Natural Gas
6,029,409 MWh/day · 43.8%
Coal
2,396,165 MWh/day · 17.4%
Nuclear
2,285,001 MWh/day · 16.6%
WindRenewable
1,161,187 MWh/day · 8.4%
SolarRenewable
1,068,233 MWh/day · 7.8%
HydroRenewable
560,666 MWh/day · 4.1%
Other
176,234 MWh/day · 1.3%
GeothermalRenewable
29,394 MWh/day · 0.2%
Petroleum
20,481 MWh/day · 0.1%
Solar + BatteryRenewable
16,972 MWh/day · 0.1%
Battery Storage
11,143 MWh/day · 0.1%
Pumped Storage
3,337 MWh/day · 0.0%

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