U.S. primary energy consumption by sector 2022

The electric power sector is the greatest consumer of primary energy in the United States, ahead of the transportation sector. In 2022, power utilities used 37.75 quadrillion British thermal units of primary energy, an increase compared to the previous years. Meanwhile, the transportation sector used 27.48 quadrillion British thermal units worth of primary energy such as oil used for motor fuels.

Primary energy consumption in the United States in selected years from 1975 to 2022, by sector (in quadrillion British thermal units)

Characteristic	Residential	Commercial	Industrial	Transportation	Electric power*
2022	7.11	4.9	23.18	27.48	37.75
2021	6.67	4.65	22.83	27.01	36.68
2020	6.53	4.41	22.06	24.39	35.61
2019	7.09	4.8	22.97	28.6	37
2018	6.98	4.78	22.89	28.43	38.16
2017	6.1	4.37	21.97	27.98	37.24
2016	6.03	4.32	21.57	27.74	37.72
2015	6.47	4.44	21.43	27.18	37.89
2014	7.01	4.39	21.47	26.8	38.63
2013	6.69	4.16	21.38	26.54	38.36
2012	5.68	3.73	20.78	26.06	38.13
2011	6.47	4.07	20.51	26.53	39.29
2010	6.64	4.02	20.33	26.9	39.62
2005	6.9	4.05	21.34	28.18	39.63
2000	7.16	4.28	22.75	26.46	38.06
1995	6.94	4.1	22.66	23.76	33.48
1990	6.56	3.9	21.12	22.37	30.5
1985	7.15	3.73	19.38	20.04	26.03
1980	7.44	4.11	22.55	19.66	24.27
1975	7.99	4.06	21.4	18.21	20.27

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June 2023

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United States

Survey time period

1975 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only. Beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers.

According to the source, figures for the commercial sector include data for commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants; the industrial sector includes industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and industrial electricity-only plants; the electric power sector includes electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.

Figures have been rounded.

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