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

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

US generation by source

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

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

Natural Gas

4,645,424 MWh/day · 39.2%

Nuclear

2,175,345 MWh/day · 18.4%

Coal

1,957,637 MWh/day · 16.5%

WindRenewable

1,322,601 MWh/day · 11.2%

SolarRenewable

837,299 MWh/day · 7.1%

HydroRenewable

676,242 MWh/day · 5.7%

Other

154,319 MWh/day · 1.3%

Petroleum

26,091 MWh/day · 0.2%

GeothermalRenewable

22,871 MWh/day · 0.2%

Battery Storage

14,895 MWh/day · 0.1%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

14,778 MWh/day · 0.1%

Pumped Storage

5,258 MWh/day · 0.0%

Other Storage

2 MWh/day · 0.0%

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