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 · year to date

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

US generation by source

Latest EIA daily generation · ET

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

Natural Gas

6,351,032 MWh/day · 44.0%

Coal

2,673,395 MWh/day · 18.5%

Nuclear

2,287,200 MWh/day · 15.9%

SolarRenewable

1,111,122 MWh/day · 7.7%

WindRenewable

1,109,989 MWh/day · 7.7%

HydroRenewable

587,564 MWh/day · 4.1%

Other

198,226 MWh/day · 1.4%

Petroleum

41,237 MWh/day · 0.3%

GeothermalRenewable

29,902 MWh/day · 0.2%

Solar + BatteryRenewable

16,405 MWh/day · 0.1%

Battery Storage

14,678 MWh/day · 0.1%

Pumped Storage

7,912 MWh/day · 0.1%

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