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U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Electricity Net Generation (Monthly): United States

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 41,411.776 Million Kilowatthours for 2026-07, from U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Reviewed series · Energy & Environment · Monthly · Million Kilowatthours · EIA.MER.ELEC.SOLAR.M · USA

Solar thermal and PV at utility-scale facilities only; excludes small-scale solar PV. This is not total U.S. solar generation. Geography: 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia. Utility-scale facilities, all plant sectors; excludes small-scale solar PV. Before 1989, most electricity data cover electric utilities only; subsequent readings cover electric utilities, independent power producers, commercial and industrial plants. Monthly flows only. Source annual YYYY13 summary rows excluded. Unadjusted published values; no scaling or seasonal adjustment by SOTW. MER publication date identifies the source edition, not the first release of each observation. Recent monthly data can be preliminary, estimated and revised; the CSV does not provide individual revision/preliminary flags. EIA-authored MER table; public-domain reuse reviewed 2026-10-10. Third-party licensed materials, logos and photographs are not included.

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Latest
41,411.776
Million Kilowatthours · 2026-07
Previous
38,923.392
Million Kilowatthours · 2026-06
Oldest shown
3,969.186
Million Kilowatthours · 2016-08
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

United States · history

Million Kilowatthours · Monthly

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:26:13.904Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Electricity Net Generation (Monthly): United States: 120 readings, newest first. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.
PeriodValue (Million Kilowatthours)
2026-0741,411.776
2026-0638,923.392
2026-0536,418.420
2026-0431,103.652
2026-0329,000.431
2026-0221,305.149
2026-0117,985.255
2025-1215,392.377
2025-1118,592.066
2025-1024,605.458
2025-0928,148.936
2025-0831,808.728
2025-0733,424.098
2025-0632,034.349
2025-0529,745.580
2025-0426,780.554
2025-0323,238.213
2025-0216,447.521
2025-0115,453.502
2024-1212,600.947
2024-1113,841.323
2024-1019,827.728
2024-0920,538.237
2024-0824,328.472
2024-0724,483.767
2024-0624,459.012
2024-0522,371.397
2024-0419,241.078
2024-0316,019.110
2024-0212,539.979
2024-019,582.862
2023-129,112.507
2023-1110,446.110
2023-1014,120.712
2023-0915,582.824
2023-0817,744.051
2023-0718,894.312
2023-0617,833.700
2023-0517,281.048
2023-0415,061.641
2023-0312,212.812
2023-029,434.588
2023-017,806.045
2022-126,777.136
2022-118,402.513
2022-1011,941.502
2022-0913,286.135
2022-0814,502.351
2022-0715,765.471
2022-0616,052.333
2022-0515,120.208
2022-0413,401.633
2022-0311,694.222
2022-029,026.759
2022-017,821.626
2021-126,090.865
2021-117,795.101
2021-109,268.039
2021-0911,214.250
2021-0811,966.828
2021-0712,191.681
2021-0612,196.777
2021-0512,457.160
2021-0410,891.714
2021-039,296.182
2021-026,330.407
2021-015,559.245
2020-125,091.423
2020-115,766.519
2020-107,085.185
2020-097,732.322
2020-089,315.422
2020-0710,609.773
2020-069,654.006
2020-059,653.406
2020-047,920.729
2020-036,349.645
2020-025,561.409
2020-014,458.877
2019-123,453.075
2019-114,363.993
2019-106,093.466
2019-096,817.220
2019-087,876.554
2019-078,132.641
2019-067,971.093
2019-057,161.897
2019-046,752.276
2019-035,898.626
2019-023,835.773
2019-013,580.208
2018-123,109.640
2018-113,742.765
2018-104,969.691
2018-095,960.901
2018-086,695.408
2018-076,754.876
2018-067,414.667
2018-056,849.012
2018-046,056.727
2018-035,056.238
2018-023,896.414
2018-013,318.975
2017-123,035.005
2017-113,208.749
2017-104,649.673
2017-095,059.441
2017-085,368.537
2017-075,569.106
2017-066,115.379
2017-055,785.027
2017-044,906.678
2017-034,514.085
2017-022,751.199
2017-012,323.986
2016-122,423.523
2016-112,767.144
2016-103,191.224
2016-093,635.069
2016-083,969.186

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-08 to 2026-07. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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