Since 2019, the US has produced more energy than it consumed

For 61 years, the United States has used more energy than it’s produced. That changed in 2019, when production surpassed consumption — and it’s remained that way since.

This is a bit of an anomaly. The nation made more energy than it’s used twice since data tracking began in 1950: From 1950 to 1953 and again shortly after from 1956 to 1957. US energy production is a mixture of fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and renewable sources of energy.