Electricity
Data through Aug 2026 · updatedHow much power the U.S. makes, from which fuels, and what it costs: the energy transition, month by month, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
PricierHome power prices are rising: 18.16¢/kWh, up 3.4% on a year earlier. The country used 6.8% more power, and wind and solar now make 18.4% of it.
Watch: Whether home prices keep growing faster than 3% a year, the pace of everyday inflation.
What changed in August 2026 vs August 2025
- Natural gas▲+16.3 TWh +8.4%
- Solar▲+6.4 TWh +19.6%
- Wind▲+5.7 TWh +20.5%
- +4 more fuels for members
Every headline number4 readings with their changes
About the dataU.S. EIA · public domain · refreshed monthly
Net generation by fuel for the whole U.S. (all sectors) and average retail prices by customer type, monthly from January 2001, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s open data. “Other” gathers petroleum, biomass, geothermal and smaller sources. Shares over the last twelve months smooth out the seasons: summer air conditioning and winter heating move monthly totals a lot.
EIA does not state a release date for each month, so the date shown is when Point75 first saw the month (2026-10-25). EIA data is in the public domain.
Source: Electric power operational data (net generation by fuel); Retail sales of electricity (average price), U.S. Energy Information Administration.
How the takeaway is decided
- Home price growth over 6% a year is Rising fast, over 3% Rising, within ±1% or up to 3% Steady, below that Falling.
- Wind and solar's share is Growing or Shrinking when it moves more than 0.5 points in a year.
- Demand is Growing or Falling when generation is more than 2% above or below a year earlier.
The words and colours come from these rules, applied to the newest data on every update; they describe the data and are not advice.