U.S. electricity retail sales 2022

Retail electricity sales in the United States amounted to approximately 3.9 petawatt-hours in 2022. This represented an increase of almost three percent in comparison to the previous year. The residential sector accounted for around 40 percent of retail electricity sales that year.

Retail electricity sales in the United States from 1980 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours)

Characteristic	Sales in terawatt-hours
2022	3,909
2021	3,806
2020	3,718
2019	3,811
2018	3,859
2017	3,723
2016	3,762
2015	3,759
2014	3,765
2013	3,725
2012	3,695
2011	3,750
2010	3,755
2009	3,597
2008	3,734
2007	3,765
2006	3,670
2005	3,661
2000	3,421
1995	3,013
1990	2,713
1985	2,324
1980	2,094

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1980 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures refer to electricity retail sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy service providers, across all sectors (residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, and others).

This statistic was compiled from several editions of the report.
Figures have been rounded.

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