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The average share of electricity generated from coal in the US has dropped from 52.8% in 1997 to 19.7% in 2022.[1] In 2017, there were 359 coal-powered units at the electrical utilities across the US, with a total nominal capacity of 256 GW[2] (compared to 1024 units at a nominal 278 GW in 2000).[3] The actual average generated power from coal in 2006 was 227.1 GW (1991 TWh per year),[4] the highest in the world and still slightly ahead of China (1950 TWh per year) at that time.[citation needed] In 2000, the US average production of electricity from coal was 224.3 GW (1966 TWh for the year).[4] In 2006, US electrical generation consumed 1,027 million short tons (932 million metric tons) or 92.3% of the coal mined in the US.[5]