U.S. net electric generation totaled approximately 3,212 thousand gigawatthours in 1997. 1998 Table 3. There are 19 States and the District of Columbia with no nuclear generating capability. Capability is the percent of electricity the State is capable of producing with nuclear energy.
Generation is the percent of all sources of electricity actually produced with nuclear energy.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. U.S. Net Electric Generation by Source, 1977-1998 Table 5. U.S. Electric Generating Capability and Electricity Generated by Source, 1988-1998 Table 6. In 1998, the average U.S. net capacity factor was 78 percent. It increased to 86 percent in 1999.