Which states get the most electricity from natural gas?

In 2025 natural gas made 87.5% of Rhode Island's electricity and over 70% in Delaware, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana. Across the US it made 40.8%; Vermont and Hawaii made almost none. Each bar is gas's share of the electricity generated in that state; the 2025 figures are preliminary.

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Measure: Share of the state's electricity generation (%). Written from the data below.

  • Rhode Island has the highest figure, 87.5%, followed by Delaware (85.3%) and Massachusetts (77.3%).
  • Vermont and Hawaii share the lowest figure, 0%.
  • U.S. overall: 40.8%. Of the 51 compared, 20 are above it and 31 below.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state)
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Chartly. “Which states get the most electricity from natural gas?” Chart. Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state), https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/ (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/natural-gas-share-of-electricity-by-state (accessed October 15, 2026).

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State Share of the state's electricity generation (%)
Rhode Island 87.5
Delaware 85.3
Massachusetts 77.3
Mississippi 73.9
Florida 72.9
Louisiana 72.1
Pennsylvania 58.3
Virginia 57.3
Connecticut 56.2
Ohio 54.7
Nevada 50.8
Texas 48.8
New Jersey 48.6
New York 47.2
District of Columbia 46.6
Alabama 45.6
Arizona 45.1
Oklahoma 44.7
Maryland 42.5
Michigan 41.5
U.S. overall 40.8
Alaska 40.4
North Carolina 40
Georgia 38.8
Maine 37.5
Indiana 36.2
California 35.6
Wisconsin 35.6
Oregon 34.3
Arkansas 33.1
Colorado 31.9
Utah 30.8
Idaho 27.5
New Hampshire 27.5
New Mexico 26.8
Kentucky 25.9
Tennessee 23.5
South Carolina 21.5
Minnesota 20.8
Illinois 16.8
Washington 15.8
Missouri 13.1
Iowa 11.7
Wyoming 9.9
South Dakota 9.7
Kansas 6.5
West Virginia 6.2
North Dakota 5.3
Montana 4.6
Nebraska 3.9
Hawaii 0
Vermont 0

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