# 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.

## 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.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-11.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation_coal`
- Unit: TWh
- Note: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/coal-electricity-generation
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/electricity_generation_coal

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | TWh | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2025 | 737.15 | Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Electricity data browser: net generation, all coal products, all sectors, annual (EIA-923). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-11. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/coal-electricity-generation/us-states.md) (48 places)