Facts & Figures - Almost half of America’s electricity generation
Coal has provided almost half of America’s electricity generation for the last decade and more than twice as much as the next-highest contributor - nuclear. Year-to-date through December 2009 (the latest data available), coal had generated about 45 percent of our electricity. For more information, go to http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html.
