11. Arkansas
Net electricity generation 2015 (thousand MWh): 3,569
Net electricity generation, September 2016 (thousand MWh): 251
In Arkansas, number 11 on our list of hydropower producing states in America, electricity is mainly produced from coal – about half of electrical power is produced from this fuel. As the state does not have large coal deposits, it obtains the fuel from other states such as Wyoming and Oklahoma. Besides coal, electricity is generated from hydropower which provides two-thirds of all electricity generated from renewable resources.
