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

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 1,178.830 Million Kilowatthours for 2026-07, from U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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

Biogenic municipal waste, landfill gas, sludge, agricultural byproducts and other biomass. Through 2000 also includes non-renewable waste. 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
1,178.830
Million Kilowatthours · 2026-07
Previous
1,169.643
Million Kilowatthours · 2026-06
Oldest shown
1,860.309
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 2026-11-12T03:25:48.056Z (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 Waste Electricity Net Generation (Monthly): United States: 120 readings, newest first. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.
PeriodValue (Million Kilowatthours)
2026-071,178.830
2026-061,169.643
2026-051,125.025
2026-041,069.648
2026-031,159.688
2026-021,076.022
2026-011,165.166
2025-121,214.015
2025-111,187.975
2025-101,160.856
2025-091,135.875
2025-081,203.826
2025-071,230.340
2025-061,204.561
2025-051,196.912
2025-041,176.799
2025-031,247.270
2025-021,164.975
2025-011,254.730
2024-121,237.543
2024-111,213.303
2024-101,241.906
2024-091,221.730
2024-081,296.999
2024-071,264.277
2024-061,210.837
2024-051,283.044
2024-041,148.829
2024-031,241.430
2024-021,202.921
2024-011,294.906
2023-121,403.079
2023-111,305.243
2023-101,303.056
2023-091,229.160
2023-081,336.754
2023-071,335.710
2023-061,308.464
2023-051,343.629
2023-041,188.936
2023-031,277.361
2023-021,208.508
2023-011,345.004
2022-121,348.041
2022-111,318.203
2022-101,368.347
2022-091,314.822
2022-081,378.754
2022-071,406.002
2022-061,372.862
2022-051,370.733
2022-041,341.947
2022-031,426.340
2022-021,305.616
2022-011,431.740
2021-121,536.484
2021-111,393.144
2021-101,439.970
2021-091,436.605
2021-081,469.540
2021-071,496.883
2021-061,469.595
2021-051,514.154
2021-041,465.497
2021-031,573.807
2021-021,398.920
2021-011,594.955
2020-121,549.434
2020-111,452.646
2020-101,489.002
2020-091,482.879
2020-081,560.810
2020-071,541.453
2020-061,456.396
2020-051,589.522
2020-041,557.601
2020-031,646.540
2020-021,512.221
2020-011,654.169
2019-121,633.256
2019-111,525.457
2019-101,573.394
2019-091,529.597
2019-081,635.717
2019-071,616.881
2019-061,581.342
2019-051,563.806
2019-041,509.570
2019-031,624.593
2019-021,497.710
2019-011,672.248
2018-121,799.287
2018-111,724.295
2018-101,743.386
2018-091,589.557
2018-081,757.519
2018-071,750.031
2018-061,719.995
2018-051,731.562
2018-041,725.698
2018-031,821.764
2018-021,716.064
2018-011,816.607
2017-121,895.898
2017-111,804.841
2017-101,727.853
2017-091,702.546
2017-081,824.891
2017-071,823.779
2017-061,796.520
2017-051,849.796
2017-041,741.690
2017-031,847.569
2017-021,697.118
2017-011,897.391
2016-121,944.492
2016-111,891.249
2016-101,693.104
2016-091,756.636
2016-081,860.309

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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