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Non-hydro vs. Hydro by Reed Burkholder Energy Information Administration - December 14, 2002

Electrical Generating Capacity(by state)

Rank	State	% Non-Hydro	Non-Hydro (MW)	Hydro (MW)
1.	Delaware	100%	1,197	0
2.	Kansas	100%	10,784	3
3.	Misisissippi	100%	8,859	4
4.	Florida	100%	45,677	42
5.	Illinois	100%	42,907	34
6.	New Jersey	100%	6,454	13
7.	Indiana	100%	24,333	89
8.	Rhode Island	100%	1,112	5
9.	Conncecticut	100%	6,714	31
10.	Ohio	99%	28,217	171
11.	Texas	99%	79,631	661
12.	Louisiana	99%	20,175	192
13.	Hawaii	99%	2,468	25
14.	Michigan	99%	27,858	342
15.	New Mexico	99%	5,857	79
16.	West Virginia	99%	15,508	204
17.	Iowa	99%	9,413	136
18.	Minnesota	98%	12,256	207
19.	Pennsylvania	98%	25,605	459
20.	Missouri	97%	18,059	499
21.	Nebraska	97%	5,963	183
22.	Virginia	96%	19,656	743
23.	Wisconsin	96%	12,885	495
24.	Kentucky	96%	17,721	778
25.	Wyoming	96%	6,158	290
26.	Oklahoma	95%	14,214	771
27.	Utah	95%	5,216	279
28.	Massachusetts	93%	10,678	768
29.	North Carolina	93%	23,370	1,818
30.	Georgia	92%	25,755	2,216
31.	Colorado	92%	7,829	643
32.	South Carolina	91%	17,577	1,758
33.	North Dakota	89%	4,373	517
34.	Tennessee	89%	19,057	2,420
35.	Alabama	88%	22,356	2,961
36.	Arkansas	87%	8,860	1,314
37.	New York	87%	29,325	4,427
38.	Nevada	86%	6,355	1,053
39.	New Hampshire	85%	2,535	462
40.	Arizona	84%	13,994	2,702
41.	Alaska	83%	1,894	392
42.	California	81%	44,402	10,117
43.	Maine	74%	2,187	762
44.	Vermont	72%	786	313
45.	Maryland	70%	1,130	491
46.	Montana	60%	3,492	2,360
47.	South Dakota	42%	1,266	1,731
48.	Oregon	22%	2,335	8,261
49.	Washington	15%	3,587	20,696
50.	Idaho	13%	366	2,475

1. All percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. "Non-hydro" means coal, nuclear, natural gas, fuel oil, wind, solar, industrial waste, waste heat, geothermal, etc.
3. "Hydro" means conventional hydropower, but does not include pump storage

Source: Energy Information Administration - information for utilities and non-utilities

1. Non-hydro energy sources electrify most of the USA.
2. Hydro contributes little energy to most states.
3. Forty-two states generate 80% or more their electricity from non-hydro energy sources.
4. Idaho has the least non-hydro capacity of any state in the USA.
5. Idaho, Washington, and Oregon are anomalous in that most of their capacity is hydro.

Conclusions:

1. Electrical energy is easily derived from many energy sources.
2. It is probably irrational to jeopardize any species, salmon or other, in order to extract energy from a river.