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ERCOT Electricity Generation by Fuel Type: Texas Power Grid Data Hub (2009–2025)

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Summary

This article from the Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies provides a data hub tracking daily electric generation by fuel type in the ERCOT grid (Texas) since 2009. It highlights Texas as the largest U.S. electricity producer and consumer, with ERCOT serving 27 million customers. The piece presents 2025 fuel mix data: natural gas (41%), wind (23%), solar (14%), coal (13%), and nuclear (8%), showing a significant shift from 2009 when coal and natural gas dominated and renewables were minimal.

Source

bskyERCOT Electricity Generation by Fuel Type: Texas Power Grid Data Hub (2009–2025)bakerinstitute.org

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the state's power grid and serves over 27 million customers, or approximately 90% of the state's demand for electricity.
The state is the largest electricity producer and consumer in the nation.
The tremendous growth in wind capacity in Texas also makes it the largest wind power producing state.
In 2025, natural gas-fired power plants produced about 41% of ERCOT's total electricity, followed by wind (23%), solar (14%), coal (13%), and nuclear (8%).
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Created by the Center for Energy Studies, this hub illustrates actual, daily electric generation by fuel by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in MWh since January 1, 2009.

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