EIA QUICK FACTS

• “Pennsylvania was the fourth largest coal-producing state in the nation in 2012, and the only state producing anthracite coal, which has a higher heat value than other kinds of coal.
• Pennsylvania’s annual gross natural gas production, primarily from the Marcellus Shale, exceeded 2 trillion cubic feet in 2012, a 72% increase over 2011 production.
• The first commercial U.S. nuclear power plant came online in 1957 in Shippingport and operated until 1982; in 2013, Pennsylvania ranked second in the nation in electricity generation from nuclear power.
• Pennsylvania generated 40% of its net electricity from coal and 35% from nuclear power in 2013.
• Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards require 18% of electricity sold by compliance year 2020-2021 to come from approved renewable or alternative sources, including at least 0.5% solar photovoltaic power. In 2013, renewable energy accounted for almost 4% of Pennsylvania’s net electricity generation.
• Natural gas (38 percent) provides heat to more Pennsylvania homes than any other fuel, but electricity (29 percent), fuel oil (20 percent), and propane (9 percent) are also widely used in the state, according to EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey.”