4430 TWh
2025 (latest)
TOTAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
296 TWh
1949
4430 TWh
high · 2025
296 TWh
low · 1949
+1396%
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 ELETPUS; 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=ELETPUS&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 | Total electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4430 TWh | +3% |
| 2024 | 4309 TWh | +3% |
| 2023 | 4183 TWh | −1% |
| 2022 | 4231 TWh | +3% |
| 2021 | 4110 TWh | +2% |
| 2020 | 4010 TWh | −3% |
| 2019 | 4131 TWh | −1% |
| 2018 | 4181 TWh | +4% |
| 2017 | 4035 TWh | −1% |
| 2016 | 4078 TWh | −0% |
| 2015 | 4079 TWh | −0% |
| 2014 | 4094 TWh | +1% |
| 2013 | 4066 TWh | +0% |
| 2012 | 4048 TWh | −1% |
| 2011 | 4100 TWh | −1% |
| 2010 | 4125 TWh | +4% |
| 2009 | 3950 TWh | −4% |
| 2008 | 4119 TWh | −1% |
| 2007 | 4157 TWh | +2% |
| 2006 | 4065 TWh | +0% |
| 2005 | 4055 TWh | +2% |
| 2004 | 3971 TWh | +2% |
| 2003 | 3883 TWh | +1% |
| 2002 | 3858 TWh | +3% |
| 2001 | 3737 TWh | −2% |
| 2000 | 3802 TWh | +3% |
| 1999 | 3695 TWh | +2% |
| 1998 | 3620 TWh | +4% |
| 1997 | 3492 TWh | +1% |
| 1996 | 3444 TWh | +3% |
| 1995 | 3353 TWh | +3% |
| 1994 | 3248 TWh | +2% |
| 1993 | 3197 TWh | +4% |
| 1992 | 3084 TWh | +0% |
| 1991 | 3074 TWh | +1% |
| 1990 | 3038 TWh | +2% |
| 1989 | 2967 TWh | +10% |
| 1988 | 2707 TWh | +5% |
| 1987 | 2575 TWh | +3% |
| 1986 | 2490 TWh | +1% |
| 1985 | 2473 TWh | +2% |
| 1984 | 2419 TWh | +5% |
| 1983 | 2313 TWh | +3% |
| 1982 | 2244 TWh | −2% |
| 1981 | 2298 TWh | +0% |
| 1980 | 2290 TWh | +2% |
| 1979 | 2251 TWh | +2% |
| 1978 | 2209 TWh | +4% |
| 1977 | 2127 TWh | +4% |
| 1976 | 2041 TWh | +6% |
| 1975 | 1921 TWh | +3% |
| 1974 | 1870 TWh | +0% |
| 1973 | 1864 TWh | +6% |
| 1972 | 1753 TWh | +8% |
| 1971 | 1616 TWh | +5% |
| 1970 | 1535 TWh | +6% |
| 1969 | 1445 TWh | +8% |
| 1968 | 1333 TWh | +9% |
| 1967 | 1218 TWh | +6% |
| 1966 | 1148 TWh | +8% |
| 1965 | 1058 TWh | +7% |
| 1964 | 987 TWh | +7% |
| 1963 | 920 TWh | +7% |
| 1962 | 858 TWh | +8% |
| 1961 | 797 TWh | +5% |
| 1960 | 759 TWh | +6% |
| 1959 | 713 TWh | +10% |
| 1958 | 648 TWh | +2% |
| 1957 | 635 TWh | +5% |
| 1956 | 604 TWh | +10% |
| 1955 | 550 TWh | +16% |
| 1954 | 476 TWh | +7% |
| 1953 | 447 TWh | +11% |
| 1952 | 404 TWh | +8% |
| 1951 | 375 TWh | +12% |
| 1950 | 334 TWh | +13% |
| 1949 | 296 TWh | — |
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