US Electricity Generation Hits Record High in 2025: EIA

A record 86 gigawatts of new electricity generation capacity is projected to be added to the U.S. power grid this year, according to the agency.

Cows graze in a field near the coal-fueled Oak Grove Power Plant in Robertson County, Texas, on April 29, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Net electricity generation in the United States hit a record in 2025, with the country producing 4.43 terawatt-hours of electricity, up 2.8 percent compared to the previous year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a March 5 statement.

The previous highest electricity generation was recorded in 2024. The EIA said last year’s power generation growth “contrasts with the trend of relatively flat electricity generation between the mid-2000s and early 2020s.”