# Coal electricity generation in North Carolina

Coal electricity generation in North Carolina was 17.9 TWh in 2025 (provisional). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation_coal`
- Place id: `us-state-37`
- 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/north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_generation_coal&place=us-state-37

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 17.9 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 17.08 |
| 2023 | 14.2 |
| 2022 | 14.67 |
| 2021 | 20.4 |
| 2020 | 20.79 |
| 2019 | 30.67 |
| 2018 | 31.69 |
| 2017 | 34.46 |
| 2016 | 37.44 |
| 2015 | 39.92 |
| 2014 | 49.24 |
| 2013 | 47.07 |
| 2012 | 50.93 |
| 2011 | 59.76 |
| 2010 | 71.95 |
| 2009 | 65.08 |
| 2008 | 75.81 |
| 2007 | 79.98 |
| 2006 | 75.49 |
| 2005 | 78.44 |
| 2004 | 75.55 |
| 2003 | 74.78 |
| 2002 | 75.19 |
| 2001 | 72.96 |