U.S. primary energy consumption by sector 2021

The electric power sector is the greatest consumer of primary energy in the United States, ahead of the transportation sector. In 2021, power utilities used 36.72 quadrillion British thermal units of primary energy, an increase compared to the previous years. Meanwhile, the transportation sector used 26.87 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 2021, by sector (in quadrillion British thermal units)

Characteristic	Residential	Commercial	Industrial	Transportation	Electric power*
2021	6.63	4.55	22.54	26.87	36.72
2020	6.57	4.39	22.03	24.38	35.61
2019	7.09	4.8	22.98	28.6	37
2018	6.98	4.78	22.89	28.43	38.16
2017	6.1	4.37	21.98	27.98	37.24
2016	6.03	4.32	21.57	27.74	37.73
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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1975 to 2021

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* 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.

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