▁states . ▁Using ▁the ▁data ▁from ▁the ▁US ▁DO E ▁Energy ▁Information ▁Administration / E lect ric ▁Power ▁Ann ual ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁files . ▁Data ▁was ▁obtained ▁from ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁DO E ▁Energy ▁Information ▁Agency ▁( E IA ) ▁full ▁year ▁files . ▁Full ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁excellent ▁E IA ▁data ▁browser ▁perm its ▁easy ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁data ▁available . ▁ ▁State ▁electric ▁generation ▁ ▁Top ▁ten ▁states ▁by ▁fuel ▁source ▁ ▁Import ing ▁states ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁table , ▁derived ▁from ▁data ▁m ined ▁from ▁Electric ▁Power ▁Ann ual , ▁ident ifies ▁those ▁states ▁which ▁must ▁import ▁elect rical ▁energy ▁from ▁neighbor ing ▁states ▁to ▁meet ▁their ▁consumption ▁needs . ▁Each ▁state ' s ▁total ▁electric ▁generation ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁is ▁compared ▁with ▁the ▁state ' s ▁consumption , ▁and ▁its ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁loss ▁and ▁the ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁generated ▁electric ▁energy ▁and ▁its ▁total ▁consumption ▁( including ▁its ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁loss ) ▁is ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁energy ▁it ▁imports . ▁For ▁Hawai i , ▁total ▁consumption ▁equals ▁generated ▁energy . ▁For ▁the ▁other ▁states , ▁multip lying ▁their ▁direct ▁consumption ▁by ▁ 1 . 0 9 8 7 4 4 0 6 9 ▁( 4 0 8 0 7 7 0 3 8 4 / 3 7 1 4 0 3 1 7 7 3 ), ▁results ▁in ▁the ▁US ' s ▁supply ▁( including ▁net ▁imports ) ▁being ▁equal ▁to ▁its ▁total ▁consumption .