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No single fuel is capable of providing the energy to meet all of our nation’s electricity demands. That’s why electric companies use a variety of fuels to generate electricity.
Touch the segments on the chart to learn more about the fuels used to generate electricity.
Current National Fuel Mix
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*"Non-Hydro Renewables and Other" includes generation from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass (agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas recovery, wood, pitch), hydrogen, batteries, chemicals, non-wood waste, purchased steam, sulfur and miscellaneous technologies.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (EIA).Chart reflects fuel mix in 2006, the latest year for which year-end data are available.
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