As of 2011, about 42 percent of electricity in the US was derived from coal. There is a push in the 21st century to use other methods of electricity since coal is harmful to the environment.
Zero percent of nuclear power plants make energy by coal, US or otherwise.
About 49 percent
Nearly 50 percent (of electricity)
Coal.
Coal
12%
Coal
Yes, still about 50 percent of total generation is by coal
Production of electricity is the main use of coal in the United States.
Figures for 2006 showed coal at 49 percent, and both nuclear and natural gas at about 19 percent
Could be the total of coal and nuclear