Electricity generation in North America
Compare 2024 electricity production, renewable shares and low-carbon generation across North America, with country-level grid and market references.
Electricity production by country in North America
5 of 7 listed countries and territories report annual generation. Their available-country subtotal is 5,384.2 TWh in 2024. This is a sum of available observations, not an official or complete continent/region total. Country shares are shown separately; they are not averaged into a regional percentage.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
| Country / territory | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States electricity production | 4,391 | 24.1 | 41.9 |
| Canada electricity production | 636.8 | 64.3 | 77.7 |
| Mexico electricity production | 355.2 | 21.1 | 24.6 |
| Bermuda electricity production | 0.61 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Greenland electricity production | 0.6 | 83.3 | 83.3 |
Coverage, geography and assumptions
This subregion follows the existing atlas country crosswalk, not a new statistical or electrical boundary. Each country’s full national observation is counted once within this group. Russia is assigned wholly to Europe and Türkiye to Asia; production is not split spatially. A parent group overlaps its subregions, so do not add those pages’ subtotals together.
Subtotals include reported zero values but exclude missing annual generation. They are calculated directly from source TWh, never inferred from installed MW, plant counts or capacity factors. The imported dataset excludes the provider’s regional aggregates; the World chart uses the provider’s separate World series, not a sum of these pages.
Electricity production is only one part of energy production: transport fuels, heat and primary energy are not included. Generation, consumption, electricity imports and installed capacity answer different questions.
2 missing annual generation observations
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon: atlas coverage and references
- United States Minor Outlying Islands: atlas coverage and references
Source snapshot: 24 April 2026; common observation year: 2024. This page derives navigation and a subtotal from the published snapshot, not live measurements or a refreshed dataset. Editorial and review scope.
Grid operators and electricity markets in North America
A geographic region is not one synchronous grid or one electricity market. Find the national or regional organisations, their stated roles and service areas, and the sources behind each country’s listing. Missing exchange links are not evidence that trading is absent.
| Country / territory | Listed grid organisations | Markets / power pools | Recorded structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda grid operators and electricity market | Bermuda Electric Light Company | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Canada grid operators and electricity market | AESO; IESO; BC Hydro | AESO; IESO | Mixed, by region |
| Greenland grid operators and electricity market | Nukissiorfiit | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Mexico grid operators and electricity market | CENACE | CENACE | Wholesale market |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon grid operators and electricity market | EDF Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| United States grid operators and electricity market | CAISO; ERCOT; ISO New England; MISO; NYISO; PJM; Southwest Power Pool | CAISO; ERCOT; ISO New England; MISO; NYISO; PJM; Southwest Power Pool | Mixed, by region |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands grid operators and electricity market | No operator link verified | No exchange / pool link listed | No public grid |
Operator references reviewed 2026-09-29. Recorded market structures are summaries, not current prices, licence registers or a claim of continent-wide uniformity. The linked country sections include source URLs and geographic limitations.
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