State Electricity Generation Fuel Shares

Percent of the net electricity generated within the borders of each state in 2021:
State Nuclear (%) Coal (%) Natural Gas (%) Petroleum (%) Hydro (%) Geothermal (%) Solar - PV (%) Wind (%) Biomass and Other (%)
Alabama 32.2 18.8 37.6 0.0 8.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.2
Alaska 0.0 13.7 41.0 14.9 27.7 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.6
Arizona 29.1 13.2 44.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 6.2 1.5 0.2
Arkansas 22.5 35.6 32.1 0.1 7.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.7
California 8.4 0.1 49.0 0.0 7.2 5.8 17.4 7.9 4.0
Colorado 0.0 41.6 25.5 0.0 2.8 0.0 3.1 26.5 0.4
Connecticut 39.0 0.6 55.6 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 3.2
Delaware 0.0 6.8 85.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.1 5.3
District of Columbia 0.0 0.0 62.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.9 0.0 25.5
Florida 11.5 7.5 73.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 3.7 0.0 2.8
Georgia 26.8 15.1 46.3 0.2 3.2 0.0 3.8 0.0 4.6
Hawaii 0.0 11.8 0.0 65.4 1.2 1.8 5.7 7.3 6.8
Idaho 0.0 0.1 26.0 0.0 51.0 0.5 3.3 15.7 3.3
Illinois 53.3 23.9 11.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 10.3 0.5
Indiana 0.0 57.7 29.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 8.4 3.3
Iowa 0.0 33.5 9.0 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.3 55.3 0.3
Kansas 15.1 34.2 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 45.2 0.1
Kentucky 0.0 70.7 21.0 0.1 7.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6
Louisiana 17.6 8.0 64.8 4.0 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 4.2
Maine 0.0 0.6 24.7 0.4 27.1 0.0 1.6 23.3 22.3
Maryland 37.7 14.7 37.1 0.2 5.3 0.0 1.7 1.3 1.9
Massachusetts 0.0 0.0 76.9 0.4 2.0 0.0 9.2 1.1 10.3
Michigan1 29.6 31.9 26.6 1.0 0.7 0.0 0.4 6.7 3.1
Minnesota 23.7 26.5 20.6 0.1 1.5 0.0 3.2 21.7 2.7
Mississippi 17.1 8.0 72.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 2.1
Missouri 5.5 74.4 8.7 0.2 2.4 0.0 0.2 8.5 0.2
Montana 0.0 43.2 2.0 1.8 40.0 0.0 0.1 11.5 1.3
Nebraska 17.8 49.2 4.1 0.1 3.3 0.0 0.1 25.2 0.2
Nevada 0.0 6.6 62.5 0.0 4.7 9.4 15.9 0.8 0.2
New Hampshire 56.5 1.6 25.6 0.4 6.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 6.2
New Jersey 45.8 1.7 47.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.3
New Mexico 0.0 35.5 28.4 0.1 0.5 0.1 5.0 30.2 0.1
New York2 24.9 0.0 45.6 0.7 22.0 0.0 1.0 3.5 2.3
North Carolina 32.8 15.5 35.9 0.1 5.8 0.0 7.6 0.4 1.8
North Dakota 0.0 57.1 3.4 0.1 5.2 0.0 0.0 34.1 0.2
Ohio 14.2 37.1 43.9 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.5 2.1 1.1
Oklahoma 0.0 14.0 40.8 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.1 41.4 0.4
Oregon 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 46.4 0.3 2.5 15.7 1.7
Pennsylvania 31.4 12.1 52.7 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 1.5 1.4
Rhode Island 0.0 0.0 90.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.2 2.2 2.5
South Carolina 53.8 15.2 23.3 0.1 3.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.4
South Dakota 0.0 9.2 8.7 0.1 29.7 0.0 0.0 52.3 0.1
Tennessee 43.4 22.4 17.8 0.1 15.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.8
Texas 8.3 18.4 48.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.9 20.7 0.9
Utah 0.0 61.8 24.7 0.1 1.8 0.8 8.1 1.9 0.6
Vermont 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 50.0 0.0 8.8 15.7 25.2
Virginia 30.3 3.3 57.4 0.3 0.8 0.0 3.6 0.1 4.2
Washington 7.8 2.9 14.4 0.0 64.6 0.0 0.0 8.7 1.6
West Virginia 0.0 90.8 4.1 0.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.1
Wisconsin 15.2 41.9 33.9 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.6 2.5 1.8
Wyoming 0.0 73.3 3.5 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.4 19.4 1.0
 
1 Palisades prematurely retired in May 2022.
2 Indian Point Unit 2 Prematurely retired in April 2020, and Indian Point Unit 3 prematurely retired in April 2021.

Note: negative net generation is due to using more electricity than generated during the year. It is presented as zero where applicable in the state fuel share table.
Source: ABB Velocity Suite; U.S. Energy Information Administration
Updated: August 2022