Coal and gas in US electricity

Annual coal and natural gas generation, shares and companion electricity source series from EIA.

  • US utility-scale, all sectors · 1990–2025
  • Snapshot: 14 October 2026 · Free CSV + ZIP
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US utility-scale annual generation from coal and natural gas from 1990 to 2025. Coal leads 4.3 to 1 in 1990; gas leads 2.5 to 1 in 2025. Gas first exceeds coal in a full year in 2016.
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Source: EIA, MER September 2026 · Public-domain data

Net generation at utility-scale facilities, all sectors. Small-scale generation excluded.

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