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.

  1. Which states get the most electricity from nuclear power?

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Which states get the most electricity from nuclear power?

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In 2025 nuclear power made 56.4% of New Hampshire's electricity, 54.2% of South Carolina's and 50.5% of Illinois's, against 17.7% across the US. Many states, and D.C., have no nuclear plant and generate none. The 2025 figures are preliminary.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. 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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