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Which state makes the most hydro power? 💧

1Guess
Which states make the most hydro power (electricity from moving water) in a year? Tap them most-to-least.

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I bet… Nevada — the Hoover Dam is huge!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Washington makes about 2.06× as much hydropower as #2 California — the Columbia River's giant dams win it.
    📚 Background The rainy Pacific Northwest wins: Washington makes about 2× as much hydropower as #2 California. Giant dams on the Columbia River — including the huge Grand Coulee Dam — turn mountain snowmelt into electricity all year. (U.S. EIA, electricity data)
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    I bet… Nevada — the Hoover Dam is huge!
    3Compare
    Hydropower generated (billion kWh, by state, 2024)
    Washington #1 60.7 billion kWh
    Highest: Washington (60.7 billion kWh); lowest shown here: Wyoming (1 billion kWh).

    Note: net electricity from moving water — rivers and dams — in billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), 2024, U.S. EIA. Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of hydropower are shown.

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    : 2024
    U.S. EIA: net generation from conventional hydro by state, 2024 (2026-07-24) — Official published values (the committed raw file holds EIA's megawatt-hour value for every generating state; the display converts to billion kWh).
    ↳ On eia.gov/electricity/data/state, open 'Annual generation by state and energy source', filter YEAR 2024, TYPE OF PRODUCER 'Total Electric Power Industry', ENERGY SOURCE 'Hydroelectric Conventional'.