737 TWh
2025 (latest)
COAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
135 TWh
1949
2016 TWh
high · 2007
135 TWh
low · 1949
+444%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN CLETPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=CLETPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Coal electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 737 TWh | +13% |
| 2024 | 652 TWh | −3% |
| 2023 | 675 TWh | −19% |
| 2022 | 832 TWh | −7% |
| 2021 | 898 TWh | +16% |
| 2020 | 773 TWh | −20% |
| 2019 | 965 TWh | −16% |
| 2018 | 1149 TWh | −5% |
| 2017 | 1206 TWh | −3% |
| 2016 | 1239 TWh | −8% |
| 2015 | 1352 TWh | −14% |
| 2014 | 1582 TWh | +0% |
| 2013 | 1581 TWh | +4% |
| 2012 | 1514 TWh | −13% |
| 2011 | 1733 TWh | −6% |
| 2010 | 1847 TWh | +5% |
| 2009 | 1756 TWh | −12% |
| 2008 | 1986 TWh | −2% |
| 2007 | 2016 TWh | +1% |
| 2006 | 1991 TWh | −1% |
| 2005 | 2013 TWh | +2% |
| 2004 | 1978 TWh | +0% |
| 2003 | 1974 TWh | +2% |
| 2002 | 1933 TWh | +2% |
| 2001 | 1904 TWh | −3% |
| 2000 | 1966 TWh | +5% |
| 1999 | 1881 TWh | +0% |
| 1998 | 1874 TWh | +2% |
| 1997 | 1845 TWh | +3% |
| 1996 | 1795 TWh | +5% |
| 1995 | 1709 TWh | +1% |
| 1994 | 1691 TWh | +0% |
| 1993 | 1690 TWh | +4% |
| 1992 | 1621 TWh | +2% |
| 1991 | 1591 TWh | −0% |
| 1990 | 1594 TWh | +1% |
| 1989 | 1584 TWh | +3% |
| 1988 | 1541 TWh | +5% |
| 1987 | 1464 TWh | +6% |
| 1986 | 1386 TWh | −1% |
| 1985 | 1402 TWh | +5% |
| 1984 | 1342 TWh | +7% |
| 1983 | 1259 TWh | +6% |
| 1982 | 1192 TWh | −1% |
| 1981 | 1203 TWh | +4% |
| 1980 | 1162 TWh | +8% |
| 1979 | 1075 TWh | +10% |
| 1978 | 976 TWh | −1% |
| 1977 | 985 TWh | +4% |
| 1976 | 944 TWh | +11% |
| 1975 | 853 TWh | +3% |
| 1974 | 828 TWh | −2% |
| 1973 | 848 TWh | +10% |
| 1972 | 771 TWh | +8% |
| 1971 | 713 TWh | +1% |
| 1970 | 704 TWh | −0% |
| 1969 | 706 TWh | +3% |
| 1968 | 685 TWh | +9% |
| 1967 | 630 TWh | +3% |
| 1966 | 613 TWh | +7% |
| 1965 | 571 TWh | +8% |
| 1964 | 526 TWh | +7% |
| 1963 | 494 TWh | +10% |
| 1962 | 450 TWh | +7% |
| 1961 | 422 TWh | +5% |
| 1960 | 403 TWh | +7% |
| 1959 | 378 TWh | +10% |
| 1958 | 344 TWh | −1% |
| 1957 | 346 TWh | +2% |
| 1956 | 339 TWh | +12% |
| 1955 | 301 TWh | +26% |
| 1954 | 239 TWh | +9% |
| 1953 | 219 TWh | +12% |
| 1952 | 195 TWh | +6% |
| 1951 | 185 TWh | +20% |
| 1950 | 155 TWh | +14% |
| 1949 | 135 TWh | — |
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