Where does your power come from?

The Washington Post has a nifty interactive graphic that shows how much each state relies on various sources of electricity in 2015.

Here’s how the states of the Great Lakes region compare with the national percentages. States are not listed when energy sources are so small they are lumped into an “other” category.

 

Coal – nationally 34 percent

• Indiana 75 percent
• Ohio 62 percent
• Wisconsin 55 percent
• Minnesota 47 percent
• Michigan 45 percent
• Illinois 39 percent
• Pennsylvania 35 percent
• New York 2 percent

Natural gas – nationally 30 percent

• New York 38 percent
• Pennsylvania 24 percent
• Ohio 22 percent
• Wisconsin 20 percent
• Indiana 17 percent
• Michigan 15 percent
• Minnesota 11 percent
• Illinois 5 percent

Nuclear – nationally 20 percent

• Illinois 49 percent
• Pennsylvania 36 percent
• New York 32 percent
• Michigan 29 percent
• Minnesota 19 percent
• Wisconsin 16 percent
• Ohio 12 percent

Hydro – nationally 7 percent

• New York 19 percent
• Wisconsin 4 percent
• Minnesota 1 percent
• Michigan 1 percent
• Pennsylvania 1 percent

Wind – nationally 5 percent

• Minnesota 19 percent
• Illinois 6 percent
• Michigan 5 percent
• Indiana 5 percent
• New York 4 percent
• Wisconsin 4 percent
• Pennsylvania 2 percent

Oil – nationally 1 percent

• New York 3 percent
• Pennsylvania 1 percent

Solar – nationally 1 percent

• All Great Lakes states roll solar into an other category