Western U.S. hourly electric power supply: July 12 - 18, 2026
Non-combustion energy sources - wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal hydroelectric and other - combined supplied 8,813,520 MegaWatt-hours (MWhr), 51.95 % of total electric power generated.
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.
First Time: U.S. Renewable Electricity Exceeded Coal-Fired Generation in April 2019
Predicted to be a short-lived trend, as windpower declines and consumer electricity demand increases in Summer.