We never did learn what all this had to do with electricity generation.
Nuclear power provided 3% of the country's total electricity generation in 2011.
The state's share of electricity generation likely will decline to 40 percent by 2020.
To understand this, we need to explore how electricity generation works.
This accounts for more than four percent of their electricity generation.
Some places still use oil for electricity generation and heating.
And it was also too small to be meaningful for electricity generation.
Wind power accounted for almost 25 percent of the state's electricity generation during 2012.
Without additional electricity generation, Texas is expected to fall below reliable levels by 2008.
Coal's share of electricity generation dropped to just over 36%.
