From July 2025 through June 2026, fossil fuels supplied about 65% of Wyoming’s electricity consumption, while low-carbon sources supplied about 35%. Coal alone accounted for more than half of electricity consumption, at 53%, and gas contributed another 11%. Wind dominated the clean electricity share, supplying 31% of consumption, followed by hydropower at about 3% and solar at just over 1%, mostly from utility-scale installations. Wyoming therefore has a substantial wind contribution, but its electricity mix remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with their associated climate and air-pollution impacts.

Is Electricity Growing in Wyoming?

Wyoming’s latest figures show a mixed picture: total electricity consumption per person declined, but low-carbon electricity generation per person reached a new record. The 2026 consumption figure was about 75,000 kWh per person, down roughly 3,400 kWh, or 4%, from the previous record in 2025. Meanwhile, low-carbon generation rose to about 26,300 kWh per person—roughly 2,300 kWh, or 10%, above its 2025 record. That clean electricity growth is encouraging, although declining overall consumption per person does not demonstrate the sustained electricity growth needed to support expanding electrification and AI-related demand. These per-person figures alone also do not establish whether statewide electricity consumption increased or decreased.

Suggestions

Wyoming can build on its strong wind sector while expanding solar and developing nuclear electricity generation. Nearby examples offer useful benchmarks: wind supplies 56% of electricity in the US state of South Dakota and 49% in the US state of Kansas, demonstrating the potential for a larger wind contribution across the Great Plains. For solar, Wyoming can learn from the western US states of Nevada and Utah, where solar supplies 35% and 20% of electricity, respectively. Nuclear would add another substantial source of low-carbon electricity: it supplies about 16% in the neighboring US state of Nebraska and nearly half in the US state of Illinois. Learning from these regions’ deployment experience could help Wyoming combine expanded wind with much more solar and dependable nuclear generation to meet growing electricity needs.

History

From 2024 through 2026, Wyoming’s recorded low-carbon electricity gains were led overwhelmingly by wind. Wind generation increased by 0.4 TWh in 2024, followed by a much larger 3.5 TWh increase in 2025 and another 1.2 TWh in 2026—a combined gain of 5.1 TWh across those annual changes. Hydropower made smaller contributions, rising by 0.1 TWh in 2024, remaining unchanged in 2025, and increasing by 0.3 TWh in 2026. This recent history shows strong progress in clean electricity generation, particularly the substantial wind expansion in 2025, and provides a promising foundation for further growth.

Electricity Imports and Exports

Balance of Trade

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