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State Electricity Generation Fuel Shares

Percent electricity generated within the borders of each state in 2019:
State Nuclear (%) Coal (%) Natural Gas (%) Petroleum (%) Hydro (%) Geothermal (%) Solar - PV (%) Wind (%) Biomass and Other (%)
Alabama 31.4 19.2 38.7 0.0 7.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.5
Alaska 0.0 10.6 49.9 14.4 22.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.6
Arizona 28.1 20.4 40.9 0.1 5.4 0.0 4.5 0.5 0.2
Arkansas 22.0 37.9 33.0 0.1 4.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.2
California 7.9 0.1 42.4 0.0 19.5 5.6 14.0 7.3 3.2
Colorado 0.0 45.1 30.4 0.0 2.5 0.0 2.1 19.4 0.4
Connecticut 41.7 0.1 52.8 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 3.3
Delaware 0.0 2.3 94.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.0
District of Columbia 0.0 0.0 27.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 0.0 57.8
Florida 11.8 9.1 74.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 3.1
Georgia 26.3 19.9 45.7 0.1 2.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 4.1
Hawaii 0.0 13.2 0.1 69.3 0.7 1.1 2.7 6.0 6.9
Idaho 0.0 0.1 21.1 0.0 55.4 0.4 3.3 16.2 3.4
Illinois 54.4 26.9 10.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.6 0.4
Indiana 0.0 56.7 35.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 6.0 0.7
Iowa1 8.3 35.2 12.9 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.0 0.3
Kansas 17.8 33.4 7.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.4 0.1
Kentucky 0.0 72.7 20.8 0.1 5.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7
Louisiana 13.8 10.4 72.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6
Maine 0.0 0.8 15.9 0.3 30.8 0.0 0.1 23.8 28.3
Maryland 37.8 14.4 37.4 0.2 5.6 0.0 1.3 1.5 1.8
Massachusetts 9.8 0.0 71.6 0.6 2.9 0.0 5.3 1.0 8.8
Michigan 28.2 32.7 31.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 5.0 2.2
Minnesota 24.4 31.5 17.9 0.1 1.5 0.1 2.6 19.1 2.9
Mississippi 16.5 6.6 74.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.1
Missouri 12.0 72.8 9.6 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.1 3.8 0.1
Montana 0.0 53.9 2.0 0.1 34.7 0.6 0.1 8.6 0.1
Nebraska 18.7 54.7 3.3 0.1 3.1 0.0 0.1 19.9 0.2
Nevada 0.0 6.9 64.8 0.0 5.6 9.5 12.2 0.8 0.2
New Hampshire 60.8 1.9 20.0 0.2 6.9 0.0 0.0 2.3 8.1
New Jersey 37.4 1.6 57.3 0.1 (0.1) 0.0 1.7 0.0 2.0
New Mexico 0.0 41.8 34.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 3.9 19.5 0.0
New York 33.9 0.3 37.3 0.4 22.1 0.0 0.5 3.3 2.2
North Carolina 31.8 23.3 31.7 0.2 4.7 0.0 5.5 0.4 2.3
North Dakota 0.0 61.9 3.2 0.1 6.9 0.3 0.0 27.5 0.1
Ohio 14.2 39.8 43.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.7 0.6
Oklahoma 0.0 9.4 53.5 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.1 34.6 0.4
Oregon 0.0 4.1 33.9 0.0 47.4 0.2 1.1 11.5 1.8
Pennsylvania 36.0 16.8 42.8 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.3
Rhode Island 0.0 0.0 93.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.9 2.7
South Carolina 55.8 14.8 24.1 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.8 0.0 2.4
South Dakota 0.0 20.7 10.7 0.1 44.6 0.0 0.0 23.9 0.0
Tennessee 43.7 22.9 20.3 0.2 11.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.1
Texas 8.6 19.1 53.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.9 17.5 0.4
Utah 0.0 64.4 24.1 0.1 2.0 1.1 5.5 2.1 0.7
Vermont 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 54.9 0.0 8.0 17.6 19.4
Virginia 30.3 3.6 60.1 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 4.5
Washington 8.4 6.8 13.3 0.0 62.6 0.0 0.0 7.3 1.6
West Virginia 0.0 91.0 3.4 0.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.7 (0.0)
Wisconsin 16.0 42.1 33.7 0.1 3.2 0.0 0.1 2.6 2.2
Wyoming 0.0 84.3 3.2 0.1 2.0 0.0 0.4 9.8 0.2
 
1 Duane Arnold Energy Center, the only nuclear reactor in Iowa, Prematurely retired in August 2020.

Note: negative percent fuel share from hydro is due to pumped storage.    
Source: ABB Velocity Suite; U.S. Energy Information Administration
Updated: August 2020

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