Top Texas Touts: Energy

  • Texan ingenuity and technological innovation fuel America’s economic engine.
  • Texas leads in U.S. energy production, providing nearly one-fourth of the country's domestically produced energy.
  • Texas is the top U.S. producer of both crude oil and natural gas.
  • Texas produces more electricity than any other state, generating more than twice as much as the second-highest state.
  • Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation.
  • Texas is now the top state for utility-scale solar capacity.
  • Texas ranks second in the U.S. for LNG exports.
  • Texas is home to the largest petrochemical workforce cluster in the nation.
  • The Texas oil and gas industry directly and indirectly supports nearly 1.4 million Texas jobs.
  • Because of our all-of-the-above and all-of-the-below energy policies, Texas is also well-positioned to lead in hydrogen, geothermal, small modular nuclear, and advanced battery storage solutions.

 

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As of May 2025