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 wind and solar?

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Which states get the most electricity from wind and solar?

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In 2025 wind and solar made 60.3% of South Dakota's electricity, 60.2% of Iowa's and 52.4% of New Mexico's, against 17.2% across the US and 0.9% in Alabama. Solar counts only utility-scale plants, not rooftop panels, and 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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