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Electricity generation by fuel in the United States 1990-2017

Total U.S. electricity net generation from 1990 to 2017, by fuel (in billion kilowatt hours)

The data describes the total electricity net generation in the U.S. between 1990 and 2017, by source. Here, around 1,272.86 terawatt hours of electricity were generated from natural gas in 2017.

1990	1594.01	576.86	372.77	-3.51	126.46	10.38	357.24
1995	1709.43	673.4	496.06	-2.73	74.55	13.87	384.8
2000	1966.27	753.89	601.04	-5.54	111.22	13.96	356.48
2005	2012.87	781.99	760.96	-6.56	122.23	13.46	357.65
2010	1847.29	806.97	987.7	-5.5	37.06	11.31	427.38
2011	1733.43	790.2	1013.69	-6.42	30.18	11.57	513.34
2012	1514.04	769.33	1225.89	-4.95	23.19	11.9	494.57
2013	1581.12	789.02	1124.84	-4.68	27.16	12.85	522.07
2014	1581.71	797.17	1126.61	-6.17	30.23	12.02	538.58
2015	1352.4	797.18	1333.48	-5.09	28.25	13.12	544.24
2016	1239.15	805.69	1378.31	-6.69	24.21	12.81	609.06
2017	1207.9	804.95	1272.86	-6.5	21.09	14.16	703.31

Electricity generation by fuel in the United States 1990-2017

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