# Coal electricity generation in Tennessee

Coal electricity generation in Tennessee was 18.03 TWh in 2025 (provisional). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation_coal`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- 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/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_generation_coal&place=us-state-47

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 18.03 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 17.43 |
| 2023 | 15.79 |
| 2022 | 15.89 |
| 2021 | 18.26 |
| 2020 | 14.25 |
| 2019 | 18.69 |
| 2018 | 20.97 |
| 2017 | 27.72 |
| 2016 | 31.17 |
| 2015 | 30.59 |
| 2014 | 35.87 |
| 2013 | 32.49 |
| 2012 | 35.42 |
| 2011 | 40.78 |
| 2010 | 43.67 |
| 2009 | 41.63 |
| 2008 | 57.06 |
| 2007 | 60.24 |
| 2006 | 60.5 |
| 2005 | 59.05 |
| 2004 | 58.06 |
| 2003 | 54.92 |
| 2002 | 59.71 |
| 2001 | 59.73 |