Households in the United States purchased approximately 1,477 terawatt hours of electricity in 2021, a year-over-year growth of less than one percent. This was the highest figure recorded since the beginning of the century.
Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours)
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Statistics on Electricity in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Global electricity consumption 1980-2021
- Basic Statistic Global outlook on electricity generation 2020-2050, by energy source
- Basic Statistic Global household electricity prices 2022, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global electricity import value 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Electricity providers in the U.S. 2021, by type
Generation & consumption
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- Premium Statistic Net power production in the U.S. 1950-2021
- Basic Statistic Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2021, by fuel
- Basic Statistic Electricity generation by electric utilities in the U.S. 2004-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. electricity generating capacity addition share 2010-2022, by technology
- Premium Statistic Electricity consumption in the U.S. 1975-2021
Trade
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Prices
4
Economic value
5
- Basic Statistic Electricity sales revenue in the U.S. 1970-2021
- Basic Statistic Utility sector's value added in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Free cash flow for shareholder-owned utilities in the U.S. 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Change in long-term debt of shareholder-owned power utilities in the U.S. 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Property, plant & equipment value of U.S. electric utilities 2010-2021
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Largest power utilities in the U.S. 2022, by market value
- Basic Statistic Largest electric utilities in the U.S. 2021, by number of customers
- Premium Statistic Dominion Energy's operating revenue 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Duke Energy's revenue 2006-2021
- Basic Statistic NextEra Energy's revenue FY 2006-2021
- Premium Statistic Southern Company's operating revenue 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Southern California Edison's revenue 2013-2021
Further related statistics
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- California's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Michigan's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Minnesota's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- New Mexico's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Texas' residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Virginia's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Illinois' residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Electricity use for cooling relative to residential electricity sales
- Electricity consumption in the United States 2021, by leading state
- Quarterly sales of publicly distributed electricity in England and Wales 2012-2018
- Retail electricity sales - U.S. transportation sector 1980-2019
- Average retail electricity price in Maine by sector 1998-2015
- Average retail electricity price in New Mexico by sector 1998-2015
- Average retail electricity price in Vermont by sector 1998-2015
- Residential monthly electricity consumption
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Statistics
- California's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Michigan's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Minnesota's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- New Mexico's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Texas' residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Virginia's residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Illinois' residential sector retail electricity sales 1990-2015
- Electricity use for cooling relative to residential electricity sales
- Electricity consumption in the United States 2021, by leading state
- Quarterly sales of publicly distributed electricity in England and Wales 2012-2018
- Retail electricity sales - U.S. transportation sector 1980-2019
- Average retail electricity price in Maine by sector 1998-2015
- Average retail electricity price in New Mexico by sector 1998-2015
- Average retail electricity price in Vermont by sector 1998-2015
- Residential monthly electricity consumption
EIA. (March 29, 2022). Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/
EIA. "Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours)." Chart. March 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/
EIA. (2022). Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/
EIA. "Electricity Retail Sales to The Residential Sector in The United States from 1999 to 2021 (in Terawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/
EIA, Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Electricity retail sales to the residential sector in the United States from 1999 to 2021 (in terawatt hours) [Graph], EIA, March 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184649/us-residential-sector-retail-electricity-sales-since-1999/