List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources

The information used to calculate values is from the Electric Power Monthly, February 2012 published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

States by 2011 renewable electricity production

Rank	State	% Renewable	Renewable electricity (GW·h)	Total electricity (GW·h)
	United States	12.7%	520,067	4,105,734
1	Idaho	92.3%	14,739	15,968
2	Washington	86.8%	101,974	117,481
3	Oregon	78.8%	47,730	60,568
4	South Dakota	77.1%	9,300	12,056
5	Maine	49.8%	7,851	15,778
6	Montana	46.0%	13,759	29,911
7	California	35.5%	70,933	199,634
8	Vermont	27.4%	1,857	6,771
9	New York	23.6%	32,409	137,346
10	Alaska	22.3%	1,529	6,851
11	North Dakota	22.2%	7,741	34,940
12	Iowa	21.2%	12,095	56,938
13	Minnesota	18.4%	9,857	53,573
14	Nevada	15.9%	5,153	32,352
15	New Hampshire	13.8%	2,772	20,141
16	Colorado	13.8%	7,068	51,392
17	Tennessee	12.9%	10,469	80,918
18	Wyoming	12.7%	5,933	46,613
19	Oklahoma	10.3%	7,727	75,148
20	Hawaii	9.5%	990	10,382
21	Arizona	9.0%	9,747	108,295
22	Wisconsin	8.4%	5,375	64,105
23	Kansas	8.2%	3,759	45,565
24	Maryland	8.2%	3,450	41,913
25	Nebraska	8.2%	2,862	34,950
26	Alabama	7.9%	12,443	157,169
27	Arkansas	7.7%	4,756	61,426
28	Texas	7.5%	32,723	437,043
29	New Mexico	6.5%	2,508	38,380
30	Massachusetts	6.2%	2,372	38,371
31	North Carolina	5.3%	6,269	118,126
32	Virginia	5.1%	3,417	66,994
33	Georgia	5.0%	6,240	125,094
34	Utah	4.7%	1,894	40,522
35	Michigan	4.3%	4,672	109,408
36	South Carolina	4.0%	4,124	103,246
37	Illinois	3.6%	7,153	198,989
38	Connecticut	3.4%	1,156	33,603
39	Kentucky	3.4%	3,373	98,184
40	Indiana	3.3%	4,004	120,761
41	Louisiana	3.3%	3,484	105,263
42	West Virginia	3.3%	2,580	79,080
43	Pennsylvania	3.3%	7,421	228,239
44	Mississippi	2.9%	1,497	51,617
45	Missouri	2.6%	2,449	95,088
46	Delaware	2.3%	148	6,548
47	Florida	2.2%	4,878	223,985
48	Rhode Island	1.6%	143	8,771
49	New Jersey	1.5%	976	64,456
50	Ohio	0.9%	1,284	135,652

Note: Hydroelectric generation was unusually high in 2011 because of large snow pack in the northern Rockies and unusually wet spring weather in eastern Montana and western Dakotas (which led to record flows on the upper Missouri River.

See also

• Renewable energy in the United States
• List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources
• List of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• Cost of electricity by source