247 TWh
2025 (latest)
HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
95 TWh
1949
356 TWh
high · 1997
95 TWh
low · 1949
+161%
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 HVETPUS; 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=HVETPUS&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 | Hydroelectric generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 TWh | +2% |
| 2024 | 243 TWh | −1% |
| 2023 | 245 TWh | −4% |
| 2022 | 255 TWh | +1% |
| 2021 | 252 TWh | −12% |
| 2020 | 285 TWh | −1% |
| 2019 | 288 TWh | −2% |
| 2018 | 293 TWh | −3% |
| 2017 | 300 TWh | +12% |
| 2016 | 268 TWh | +8% |
| 2015 | 249 TWh | −4% |
| 2014 | 259 TWh | −3% |
| 2013 | 269 TWh | −3% |
| 2012 | 276 TWh | −14% |
| 2011 | 319 TWh | +23% |
| 2010 | 260 TWh | −5% |
| 2009 | 273 TWh | +7% |
| 2008 | 255 TWh | +3% |
| 2007 | 248 TWh | −14% |
| 2006 | 289 TWh | +7% |
| 2005 | 270 TWh | +1% |
| 2004 | 268 TWh | −3% |
| 2003 | 276 TWh | +4% |
| 2002 | 264 TWh | +22% |
| 2001 | 217 TWh | −21% |
| 2000 | 276 TWh | −14% |
| 1999 | 320 TWh | −1% |
| 1998 | 323 TWh | −9% |
| 1997 | 356 TWh | +3% |
| 1996 | 347 TWh | +12% |
| 1995 | 311 TWh | +19% |
| 1994 | 260 TWh | −7% |
| 1993 | 280 TWh | +11% |
| 1992 | 253 TWh | −12% |
| 1991 | 289 TWh | −1% |
| 1990 | 293 TWh | +8% |
| 1989 | 272 TWh | +20% |
| 1988 | 226 TWh | −11% |
| 1987 | 253 TWh | −14% |
| 1986 | 294 TWh | +3% |
| 1985 | 284 TWh | −12% |
| 1984 | 324 TWh | −3% |
| 1983 | 335 TWh | +7% |
| 1982 | 312 TWh | +18% |
| 1981 | 264 TWh | −5% |
| 1980 | 279 TWh | −1% |
| 1979 | 283 TWh | −0% |
| 1978 | 283 TWh | +27% |
| 1977 | 224 TWh | −22% |
| 1976 | 287 TWh | −5% |
| 1975 | 303 TWh | −0% |
| 1974 | 304 TWh | +10% |
| 1973 | 275 TWh | −0% |
| 1972 | 276 TWh | +2% |
| 1971 | 270 TWh | +7% |
| 1970 | 251 TWh | −1% |
| 1969 | 253 TWh | +12% |
| 1968 | 226 TWh | +0% |
| 1967 | 225 TWh | +14% |
| 1966 | 198 TWh | +0% |
| 1965 | 197 TWh | +9% |
| 1964 | 180 TWh | +7% |
| 1963 | 169 TWh | −2% |
| 1962 | 172 TWh | +11% |
| 1961 | 156 TWh | +4% |
| 1960 | 149 TWh | +6% |
| 1959 | 141 TWh | −2% |
| 1958 | 144 TWh | +8% |
| 1957 | 133 TWh | +6% |
| 1956 | 125 TWh | +8% |
| 1955 | 116 TWh | +4% |
| 1954 | 112 TWh | +2% |
| 1953 | 110 TWh | −0% |
| 1952 | 110 TWh | +5% |
| 1951 | 104 TWh | +3% |
| 1950 | 101 TWh | +6% |
| 1949 | 95 TWh | — |
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