Which states get the most electricity from natural gas?

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.

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

  • Rhode Island has the highest figure, 88.3%, followed by Delaware (86.1%) and Massachusetts (78.8%).
  • Hawaii has the lowest figure, 0%, followed by Vermont (0.1%) and Nebraska (3.9%).
  • U.S. overall: 40.9%. Of the 51 compared, 21 are above it and 30 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 November 4, 2026).

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State Share of the state's electricity generation (%)
Rhode Island 88.3
Delaware 86.1
Massachusetts 78.8
Mississippi 73.6
Florida 73
Louisiana 72.2
Pennsylvania 58.2
Virginia 57.9
Connecticut 56.5
District of Columbia 56.5
Ohio 54.2
Nevada 50.6
Alaska 50
New Jersey 49.3
Texas 48.3
New York 48.2
Alabama 45.9
Arizona 45.2
Oklahoma 44.2
Maryland 42.6
Michigan 42.2
U.S. overall 40.9
North Carolina 40.6
Maine 39.1
Georgia 38.6
California 36.2
Wisconsin 35.7
Oregon 35.6
Indiana 35.5
Arkansas 33.9
Colorado 32
Idaho 31.4
Utah 30.2
New Hampshire 27.8
New Mexico 26.6
Kentucky 25.7
Tennessee 23.7
South Carolina 21.8
Minnesota 19.3
Illinois 16
Washington 15.7
Missouri 12.4
Iowa 12.2
South Dakota 11.2
Wyoming 10.2
North Dakota 6.5
West Virginia 6.2
Kansas 5.7
Montana 4.9
Nebraska 3.9
Vermont 0.1
Hawaii 0

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