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New Addition: Use EIA's new interactive Electricity Data Browser to find generation, fuel consumption, sales, revenue and average price time series, and even drill down to plant-level data.

• Enhanced Electricity Data Browser ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Enhanced Electricity Data Browser.
  

• EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook for electricity ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, released monthly.
  

• Electricity in the Mid-Atlantic region is predominantly fueled by coal and nuclear sources ›

  
  
  

  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Today in Energy, November 18, 2013.

• EIA's latest monthly electricity analysis ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Monthly Update, published during the last week of each month.
  

• Growth in electricity use projected to slow ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013, Market Trends, April 15, 2013.
  

• Enhanced Electricity Data Browser ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Enhanced Electricity Data Browser.
  

• EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook for electricity ›

  
  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, released monthly.
  

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Energy in Brief articles

What is the electric power grid?

The grid of electric power lines has evolved into three large interconnected systems that move electricity around the country. Standards have been developed by the electric power industry to ensure coordination for the linked operations.

How much of our electricity is generated from renewable sources?

U.S. power plants used renewable energy sources — water (hydroelectric), wood, wind, organic waste, geothermal, and sun — to generate about 13% of our electricity in 2011.
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Electricity Explained

Electricity in the United States

Most of the electricity in the United States is produced using steam turbines. Coal is the most common fuel for generating electricity in the United States. In 2011, 42% of the country's nearly 4 trillion kilowatthours of electricity used coal as its source of energy.

Use of electricity

Electricity consumption totaled nearly 3,856 billion Kilowatthours (kWh) in 2011. U.S. electricity use in 2011 was more than 13 times greater than electricity use in 1950.
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Features

Short-Term Energy Outlook

Released November 13, 2013
EIA's monthly energy projections through 2014 includes projections for electricity generation and prices.

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Electricity Monthly Update

Released October 24, 2013
The Electricity Monthly Update is a new EIA product that replaces the Monthly Flash Estimates for Electric Power Data, containing the most recently monthly data.

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Electric Power Monthly

Released November 20, 2013
Provides monthly statistics at the state, Census division, and U.S. levels for net generation, fossil fuel consumption and stocks, quantity and quality of fossil fuels, cost of fossil fuels, electricity sales, revenue, and average revenue per kilowatthour of electricity sold.

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Annual Energy Outlook 2013

Released April 15, 2013–May 2, 2013
Recently released content includes a Legislation and Regulations section that discusses evolving issues, a Market Trends section that highlights projections for energy markets, and a comparison of AEO2013 with projections from other organizations.

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