1493 TWh
2025 (latest)
COMMERCIAL ELECTRICITY SALES
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
59 TWh
1949
1493 TWh
high · 2025
59 TWh
low · 1949
+2447%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN ESCCPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=ESCCPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Commercial electricity sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1493 TWh | +3% |
| 2024 | 1451 TWh | +3% |
| 2023 | 1408 TWh | +1% |
| 2022 | 1391 TWh | +5% |
| 2021 | 1328 TWh | +3% |
| 2020 | 1287 TWh | −5% |
| 2019 | 1361 TWh | −2% |
| 2018 | 1382 TWh | +2% |
| 2017 | 1353 TWh | −1% |
| 2016 | 1367 TWh | +0% |
| 2015 | 1361 TWh | +1% |
| 2014 | 1352 TWh | +1% |
| 2013 | 1337 TWh | +1% |
| 2012 | 1327 TWh | −0% |
| 2011 | 1328 TWh | −0% |
| 2010 | 1330 TWh | +2% |
| 2009 | 1307 TWh | −2% |
| 2008 | 1336 TWh | −0% |
| 2007 | 1336 TWh | +3% |
| 2006 | 1300 TWh | +2% |
| 2005 | 1275 TWh | +4% |
| 2004 | 1230 TWh | +3% |
| 2003 | 1199 TWh | −0% |
| 2002 | 1205 TWh | +1% |
| 2001 | 1191 TWh | +3% |
| 2000 | 1159 TWh | +5% |
| 1999 | 1104 TWh | +2% |
| 1998 | 1078 TWh | +5% |
| 1997 | 1027 TWh | +5% |
| 1996 | 980 TWh | +3% |
| 1995 | 953 TWh | +4% |
| 1994 | 913 TWh | +3% |
| 1993 | 885 TWh | +4% |
| 1992 | 850 TWh | −1% |
| 1991 | 855 TWh | +2% |
| 1990 | 838 TWh | +3% |
| 1989 | 811 TWh | +3% |
| 1988 | 784 TWh | +5% |
| 1987 | 744 TWh | +4% |
| 1986 | 715 TWh | +4% |
| 1985 | 689 TWh | +4% |
| 1984 | 664 TWh | +7% |
| 1983 | 620 TWh | +2% |
| 1982 | 609 TWh | +2% |
| 1981 | 596 TWh | +7% |
| 1980 | 559 TWh | +3% |
| 1979 | 543 TWh | +2% |
| 1978 | 531 TWh | +3% |
| 1977 | 514 TWh | +5% |
| 1976 | 492 TWh | +5% |
| 1975 | 468 TWh | +6% |
| 1974 | 440 TWh | −1% |
| 1973 | 445 TWh | +8% |
| 1972 | 413 TWh | +9% |
| 1971 | 377 TWh | +7% |
| 1970 | 352 TWh | +8% |
| 1969 | 325 TWh | +9% |
| 1968 | 297 TWh | +10% |
| 1967 | 271 TWh | +8% |
| 1966 | 252 TWh | +9% |
| 1965 | 231 TWh | +7% |
| 1964 | 216 TWh | +7% |
| 1963 | 202 TWh | +11% |
| 1962 | 182 TWh | +9% |
| 1961 | 168 TWh | +5% |
| 1960 | 159 TWh | +11% |
| 1959 | 143 TWh | +12% |
| 1958 | 128 TWh | +6% |
| 1957 | 120 TWh | +8% |
| 1956 | 111 TWh | +9% |
| 1955 | 103 TWh | +10% |
| 1954 | 94 TWh | +8% |
| 1953 | 87 TWh | +9% |
| 1952 | 80 TWh | +8% |
| 1951 | 74 TWh | +12% |
| 1950 | 66 TWh | +12% |
| 1949 | 59 TWh | — |
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