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U.S. electricity generation from natural gas and renewables 2000-2017

Electric power sector's electricity net generation from natural gas and renewable sources in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017 (in million kilowatt hours)

The data describes the net amount of electricity generated from natural gas and renewable sources (without hydroelectric conventional) in the U.S. between 2000 and 2017 from the electric power sector. Approximately 1,176 million megawatt hours of electricity were generated from natural gas in 2017.

2000 49403 271338 517978 3637529
2001 42259 213749 554940 3580053
2002 47554 260491 607683 3698458
2003 49481 271512 567303 3721159
2004 52328 265064 627172 3808360
2005 56654 267040 683829 3902192
2006 65934 286254 734417 3908077
2007 74704 245843 814752 4005343
2008 97084 253096 802372 3974349
2009 116478 271506 841006 3809837
2010 138883 258455 901389 3972386
2011 163886 317531 926290 3948186
2012 188081 273859 1132791 3890358
2013 221461 265058 1028949 3903715
2014 247306 258046 1033172 3937003
2015 263306 247636 1237656 3919294
2016 309716 266326 1279380 3918078
2017 354834 298388 1176165 3858258