most common source of energy, accounting for 35 percent of electricity generation. Overall, electricity generation from electric utilities has decreased in the U.S.
In the United States, coal's use as a source of net electricity generation has declined over the last years, decreasing to 966 terawatt hours in 2019 from a peak of 2,013 terawatt hours in 2005. In contrast, there has been a rise in natural gas and renewable sources within the energy mix. Natural gas has even surpassed coal as the Total net electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2019, by energy source* (in billion kilowatt hours)
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (March 26, 2020). Total net electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2019, by energy source* (in billion kilowatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 01, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Total net electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2019, by energy source* (in billion kilowatt hours)." Chart. March 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 01, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2020). Total net electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2019, by energy source* (in billion kilowatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 01, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Total Net Electricity Generation in The United States from 1990 to 2019, by Energy Source* (in Billion Kilowatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), Total net electricity generation in the United States from 1990 to 2019, by energy source* (in billion kilowatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220174/total-us-electricity-net-generation-by-fuel/ (last visited March 01, 2021)