Installed Generation Capacity

Latest Value

14,100

as of 2023

Year-on-Year

+8.34%

vs same period prior year

Month-on-Month

+8.34%

vs prior period

CAGR

+3.22%

compound annual growth rate

Rolling 3-Period

13,212

avg · MW

Rolling 12-Period

—

avg · MW

Installed Generation Capacity — Time Series

4 records · MW

Compare

Data source: NERC / US EIA · Committed to NEDB via Staff Upload Portal · Unit: MW

Statistical Analysis

4 periods · mean 12,559 MW · volatility 10% · CAGR +3.2%

Year-on-Year Change

Each bar compares a period to the same period one year earlier, stripping out seasonal effects. Green is growth, red is decline.

Reading:Latest year-on-year change: +8.3% (2023). Output is higher than a year ago.

Period-on-Period Change

Short-term momentum: how each period compares to the one immediately before it. Useful for spotting turning points earlier than the annual view.

Reading:Most recent move: +8.3% versus the prior period (2023).

3-Period Rolling Average

The faint line is raw data; the bold line is a 3-period trailing average that smooths out noise so the underlying direction is visible.

Reading:Smoothing window set to 3 periods (annual data). The averaged line filters short-term spikes to expose the trend.

All analyses computed at query time from committed NEDB records for Installed Generation Capacity. Percentages are in percentage points; ±2σ covers ~95% of normal variation.

Full Data Table — Installed Generation Capacity4 records

Showing 4 of 4 recordsUnit: MW

#	Period	Region	Value	Unit	Data Source	Notes
1	2014	NGA	10,600	MW	NERC / US EIA	Total grid-connected installed generation capacity
2	2015	NGA	12,522	MW	NERC / US EIA	Total grid-connected installed generation capacity
3	2020	NGA	13,014	MW	NERC / US EIA	Total grid-connected installed generation capacity
4	2023	NGA	14,100	MW	NERC / US EIA	Total grid-connected installed generation capacity

Methodology Note

Data for this series is ingested through the NEDB validated upload pipeline. Each record carries an explicit source attribution, methodology version tag, and ISO-aligned region code. Statistics (YoY, MoM, CAGR, rolling means) are computed at query time from the committed record set.