Western U.S. hourly electric power supply: July 5 - July 11, 2026
Non-combustion energy sources supplied 9,413,337 MegaWatt-hours (MWhr), 58.96 % of total electric power generated in the western U.S. for the week beginning July 5, 2026.
Western U.S. hourly electric power supply: June 28 - July 4, 2026
Non-combustion energy sources - wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal and hydroelectric - combined supplied 72.34% of total electric power generated.
Western U.S. electric power supply: 28 Dec 2025 - 3 Jan 2026
December 28 and 29 were the best days for solar energy production in the US West. Windpower produced all hours of the week. Hydroelectric produced the largest non-combustion electric supply.
“Energy Droughts” in wind and solar can last nearly a week, research shows
Energy droughts can last nearly a week. "Compound energy drought" is name for a period when the sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow.
2019 Planned U.S. Utility-Scale Variable-Renewable & Combustion Electric Power Generation Additions & Retirements
3X more GigaWatts windpower, solar-PV and natural gas generation to be added than coal, nuclear and natural gas power generation shutdowns. See why . . .