Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · Energy
Which states get the most electricity from natural gas?
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In 2025 natural gas made 88.3% of Rhode Island's electricity, followed by Delaware (86.1%) and Massachusetts (78.8%). Across the US it made 40.9%, and the smallest shares were in Hawaii (0%) and Vermont (0.1%). Each bar is gas's share of the electricity generated in that state; the 2025 figures are preliminary.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2025
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