From July 2025 through June 2026, fossil fuels supplied about two-thirds of Ohio’s electricity consumption: gas accounted for nearly 48% and coal for about 19%. Low-carbon sources supplied roughly 17%, led by nuclear at about 10%, solar at just over 5%, and wind at nearly 2%. Utility-scale installations provided most of the solar electricity. Net imports covered another 15% of consumption; the supplied data do not identify how much of that imported electricity was low-carbon or fossil-generated.

Is Electricity Growing in Ohio?

Ohio’s electricity consumption per person is growing and reaching new records. The latest 2026 figure was about 15,350 kWh per person, roughly 360 kWh, or 2.4%, above the previous record set in 2025. Low-carbon electricity generation also reached a record of about 2,640 kWh per person, up around 170 kWh, or nearly 7%, from 2025. This faster growth in clean electricity is encouraging, although substantially more generation will be needed to support electrification and growing demand from AI and other industries.

Suggestions

Ohio can build on this progress by expanding nuclear and solar generation while developing suitable wind projects and strengthening its electricity grid. Nearby examples are particularly useful: nuclear supplies about 49% of electricity generation in the US state of Illinois and 31% in the US state of Pennsylvania, demonstrating the substantial role it can play in the region. Illinois also generates about 13% from wind, while the US state of Iowa gets more than half from wind. For solar, Germany’s roughly 20% share offers a useful example beyond sunnier locations, alongside the US state of California, where solar supplies almost a third of generation. Learning from these regions could help Ohio increase clean electricity supply and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, cutting climate-changing emissions and air pollution.

History

The supplied history covers 2024 through 2026, when nuclear was the main driver of Ohio’s net low-carbon electricity gains among the listed sources. Nuclear generation increased by 1.7 TWh in 2024 and by 0.9 TWh in 2026, with a net gain of 1.8 TWh across the three annual changes. Wind added 0.2 TWh in 2025 and was unchanged in the other two years, while hydro and biofuels were broadly steady. These figures highlight nuclear’s substantial contribution and the opportunity to accelerate clean electricity growth through additional nuclear, solar, and wind generation; solar’s historical changes are not included in the supplied series.

Electricity Imports and Exports

Balance of Trade

* 12M = Last 12 months (Jul 2025 – Jun 2026) — a rolling 12-month period, not a calendar year.