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

Monthly average · all available history

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

US generation by source

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

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

Natural Gas

5,792,461 MWh/day · 42.3%

Coal

2,328,900 MWh/day · 17.0%

Nuclear

2,305,683 MWh/day · 16.8%

WindRenewable

1,178,471 MWh/day · 8.6%

SolarRenewable

1,149,986 MWh/day · 8.4%

HydroRenewable

678,912 MWh/day · 5.0%

Other

181,555 MWh/day · 1.3%

GeothermalRenewable

29,130 MWh/day · 0.2%

Petroleum

23,770 MWh/day · 0.2%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

18,723 MWh/day · 0.1%

Battery Storage

13,100 MWh/day · 0.1%

Pumped Storage

3,603 MWh/day · 0.0%

Other Storage

2 MWh/day · 0.0%

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