Generation

EIA-923 through Jul 2026

The same MISO plants made 1.6% more power than a year earlier. Solar added 8.1 TWh and coal fell 11.9 TWh. Clean power is 34% of its output, up 8 points since 2019.

Solar record · at least 4.97 TWh in Jul 2026Battery discharge record · at least 46 GWh in Jul 2026

How MISO got here

Share of net generation each year

Clean power 26% in 2019, 34% in 2025. Hover a year for its mix.

Clean line: fossil below, clean aboveJan–Jul 2026, monthly reportersLabels show 2025

Fuel by fuel

Share is 2025; Jan–Jul compares the same plants
Gas35.7%▼ 1.2 pts121 TWh+5.5%294
Coal28.7%▼ 5.3 pts99.9 TWh−10.6%52
Wind14.7%▲ 5.2 pts44.1 TWh+2.6%335
Nuclear13.2%▼ 1.5 pts53.0 TWh+2.6%10
Solar4.5%▲ 4.2 pts23.9 TWh+51.5%1,084
Other1.9%▼ 0.9 pts4.7 TWh+14.9%221
Hydro1.2%▼ 0.5 pts98 GWh−44.3%149

Who makes MISO’s power

2025, 690 TWh

Each block is a plant. Hover to see it, click to open its page.

Gas246 TWh
Coal198 TWh
Wind101 TWh
Nuclear91.0 TWh
Solar31.2 TWh
Other13.4 TWh
Hydro9.1 TWh

Each block is one plant, sized by its 2025 output; the lighter block holds the smaller plants. Pumped storage, which nets negative, is left out.

This year against last

20262025Running total, same plants, each on its own scale
Gas+5.5%
121 TWh vs 115 TWh
Coal−10.6%
99.9 TWh vs 112 TWh
Nuclear+2.6%
53.0 TWh vs 51.7 TWh
Wind+2.6%
44.1 TWh vs 43.0 TWh
Solar+51.5%
23.9 TWh vs 15.8 TWh
Other+14.9%
4.7 TWh vs 4.1 TWh
Hydro−44.3%
98 GWh vs 176 GWh

Battery discharge

GWh a month
MISO47 GWh in Jul 2026 · 27 a year earlier

2026 months are provisional: monthly reporters only. Plants that report once a year appear when the 2026 file is final.

CO₂ intensity

lb per MWh

995 lb/MWh in 2025, down 10% since 2020. The seven ISOs together: 767.

1105
1150
1077
1031
974
995
MISOSeven ISOs

EIA-923: 2019–2025 final; Jan–Jul 2026 counts plants that report monthly (about 85% of MISO’s output last year) and compares them with the same plants in 2025. CO₂ from 2020: EPA CAMPD, or EIA-923 fuel use × EPA emission factors where CAMPD misses a plant or covers it in part. Sources