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 · year to date

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

Natural Gas

4,730,866 MWh/day · 38.9%

Nuclear

2,194,446 MWh/day · 18.0%

Coal

1,969,149 MWh/day · 16.2%

WindRenewable

1,359,888 MWh/day · 11.2%

SolarRenewable

935,826 MWh/day · 7.7%

HydroRenewable

730,195 MWh/day · 6.0%

Other

164,719 MWh/day · 1.4%

Petroleum

29,652 MWh/day · 0.2%

GeothermalRenewable

27,982 MWh/day · 0.2%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

16,681 MWh/day · 0.1%

Battery Storage

10,237 MWh/day · 0.1%

Pumped Storage

5,119 MWh/day · 0.0%

Other Storage

2 MWh/day · 0.0%

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