Coal electricity generation
Net electricity generated from coal at utility-scale plants (1 megawatt or more) in the year, in terawatt hours: bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, anthracite, waste and refined coal, as reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-923.
United States and its states only. Net generation can be slightly negative when idle plants use more electricity than they produce, as in Connecticut in 2020.
Key facts
- Coal electricity generation in the United States was 737.15 TWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Texas had the highest coal electricity generation of 46 states in 2025, at 68.89 TWh, and New York the lowest, at 0 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Published for 49 places, with figures from 2001 to 2025.
Rankings
US states by coal electricity generation, 2025
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- South Carolina
- Utah
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest coal electricity generation? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"electricity_generation_coal","level":"region","within":"United States"}
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