Generation

EIA-923 through Jul 2026

The same PJM plants made 0.8% more power than a year earlier. Solar added 2.9 TWh and coal fell 1.5 TWh. Clean power is 39% of its output, down 2 points since 2019.

Solar record · 3.42 TWh in Jul 2025

How PJM got here

Share of net generation each year

Clean power 41% in 2019, 39% 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
Gas44.9%▲ 5.5 pts210 TWh+0.8%271
Nuclear31.0%▼ 4.7 pts159 TWh+0.7%17
Coal15.4%▼ 3.1 pts78.3 TWh−1.8%39
Wind3.6%▲ 0.5 pts13.1 TWh−0.2%102
Solar3.3%▲ 2.7 pts16.4 TWh+21.7%1,158
Other1.2%▼ 0.4 pts4.1 TWh+7.1%193
Hydro0.6%▼ 0.6 pts−210 GWhNet negative67

Who makes PJM’s power

2025, 875 TWh

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

Gas391 TWh
Nuclear270 TWh
Coal134 TWh
Wind31.7 TWh
Solar29.1 TWh
Other10.9 TWh
Hydro7.7 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+0.8%
210 TWh vs 208 TWh
Nuclear+0.7%
159 TWh vs 158 TWh
Coal−1.8%
78.3 TWh vs 79.7 TWh
Solar+21.7%
16.4 TWh vs 13.4 TWh
Wind−0.2%
13.1 TWh vs 13.2 TWh
Other+7.1%
4.1 TWh vs 3.9 TWh

Battery discharge

GWh a month
PJM24 GWh in Jul 2026 · 29 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

760 lb/MWh in 2025, down 3% since 2020. The seven ISOs together: 767.

780
822
780
730
734
760
PJMSeven ISOs

EIA-923: 2019–2025 final; Jan–Jul 2026 counts plants that report monthly (about 93% of PJM’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