Electricity consumption in the U.S. is expected to continue increasing in the next decades.
Electricity consumption in the United States totaled 4,050 terawatt-hours in 2022, the highest value in the period under consideration. Figures represent energy end use, which is the sum of retail sales and direct use of electricity by the producing entity. Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours)
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Trade
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Prices
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Economic value
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Companies
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- Premium Statistic Largest power utilities in the U.S. 2023, by market value
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EIA. (June 27, 2023). Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/
EIA. "Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours)." Chart. June 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/
EIA. (2023). Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/
EIA. "Electricity End Use in The United States from 1975 to 2022 (in Terawatt-hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/
EIA, Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Electricity end use in the United States from 1975 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours) [Graph], EIA, June 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/