# Coal electricity generation in California

Coal electricity generation in California was 0.23 TWh in 2025 (provisional). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation_coal`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: 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.
- 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity data browser: net generation, all coal products, all sectors, annual (EIA-923) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/coal-electricity-generation/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_generation_coal&place=us-state-06

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 0.23 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 0.25 |
| 2023 | 0.21 |
| 2022 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 0.29 |
| 2020 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | 0.28 |
| 2017 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 0.32 |
| 2015 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | 0.82 |
| 2012 | 1.38 |
| 2011 | 1.98 |
| 2010 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 2.05 |
| 2008 | 2.28 |
| 2007 | 2.3 |
| 2006 | 2.24 |
| 2005 | 2.14 |
| 2004 | 2.24 |
| 2003 | 2.33 |
| 2002 | 2.33 |
| 2001 | 2.23 |