Coal-fired electricity generation in U.S. amounted to 828 terawatt hours in 2022, slightly down in comparison to the previous year. A decade earlier, almost two thousand terawatt hours of electricity was generated from coal combustion in the country. In 2022, coal accounted for a little over one fifth of the electricity generation in U.S.
Electricity generation from coal in the United States from 2008 to 2022
(in terawatt hours)
According to the source, coal figures include anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, and waste coal and coal synfuel.
Figures indicate generation at utility-scale facilities.
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