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US electricity consumption, bills and prices by state, data center states, and electricity demand for the world and 87 countries. Latest US month: Aug 2026; latest world month: Jun 2026. Page refreshed 2026-10-31.

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Headline figures

US electricity consumption, 12 months to Aug 2026

4,123 TWh

+1.8% on the 12 months before

Average US household use

875 kWh/month

12-month average; 1,152 kWh in Aug 2026

Average US electricity bill

$158/month

12-month average; $209 in Aug 2026

Average US residential price, Aug 2026

18.16¢/kWh

+3.4% on a year earlier

World electricity demand, Jun 2026

2,675 TWh

+3.4% on a year earlier

World electricity demand, last 12 months

31,230 TWh

+3.2% on the 12 months before

US electricity consumption since 2010

271 TWh322 TWh373 TWh424 TWh20112013201520172019202120232025

Retail sales to end users, all sectors, gigawatt-hours (FZELEC_US_US_TOT_SALES). Summer and winter peaks follow cooling and heating.

US consumption growth, 12 months on 12 months

-4%+4%Sep 2023: -0.8%Oct 2023: -0.4%Nov 2023: -0.4%Dec 2023: -1.3%Jan 2024: -0.5%Feb 2024: +0.0%Mar 2024: -0.2%Apr 2024: +0.0%May 2024: +0.7%Jun 2024: +1.9%Jul 2024: +2.2%Aug 2024: +2.2%Sep 2024: +1.9%Oct 2024: +1.8%Nov 2024: +1.8%Dec 2024: +2.6%Jan 2025: +2.6%Feb 2025: +2.8%Mar 2025: +3.3%Apr 2025: +3.5%May 2025: +3.1%Jun 2025: +2.4%Jul 2025: +2.5%Aug 2025: +2.4%Sep 2025: +2.6%Oct 2025: +2.6%Nov 2025: +2.7%Dec 2025: +2.6%Jan 2026: +2.0%Feb 2026: +1.6%Mar 2026: +1.5%Apr 2026: +1.4%May 2026: +1.5%Jun 2026: +1.5%Jul 2026: +1.4%Aug 2026: +1.8%Sep 2023Aug 2026

US electricity by sector

Sector12 months (TWh)ChangePrice, Aug 2026 (¢/kWh)
Residential1,526+1.0%18.16
Commercial1,537+3.5%14.47
Industrial1,052+0.5%9.64
All sectors4,123+1.8%14.87

Data center states: commercial electricity sales

StateCommercial sales, 12 months (TWh)Change on prior 12 monthsSeries
Ohio63.2+15.6%FZELEC_US_OH_COM_SALES
Arizona41.2+11.6%FZELEC_US_AZ_COM_SALES
Texas184.2+8.0%FZELEC_US_TX_COM_SALES
Georgia59.7+6.1%FZELEC_US_GA_COM_SALES
Virginia88.2+5.1%FZELEC_US_VA_COM_SALES
North Carolina51.0+1.8%FZELEC_US_NC_COM_SALES
Oregon28.2+0.1%FZELEC_US_OR_COM_SALES
Illinois45.9−0.4%FZELEC_US_IL_COM_SALES

World electricity demand

1,9342,2662,5972,9282019202120232025

Terawatt-hours per month (FZELEC_WORLD_DEMAND). Data: Ember (CC BY 4.0).

Electricity consumption by state

StateConsumption, 12 months (TWh)ChangeHousehold use (kWh/month)Average bill ($/month)Residential price (¢/kWh)Series
Texas534.2+1.8%1,11317815.91FZELEC_US_TX_TOT_SALES
Florida260.8+0.4%1,09716914.99FZELEC_US_FL_TOT_SALES
California244.2+0.1%50716429.75FZELEC_US_CA_TOT_SALES
Ohio167.2+5.6%86515919.38FZELEC_US_OH_TOT_SALES
Georgia156.4+3.0%1,08016415.90FZELEC_US_GA_TOT_SALES
Virginia149.3+3.5%1,06617717.64FZELEC_US_VA_TOT_SALES
Pennsylvania142.9−0.1%83717521.77FZELEC_US_PA_TOT_SALES
New York142.3−0.8%58616828.65FZELEC_US_NY_TOT_SALES
North Carolina142.0+1.9%1,04415414.95FZELEC_US_NC_TOT_SALES
Illinois134.3−0.8%69713219.32FZELEC_US_IL_TOT_SALES
Tennessee107.8+1.9%1,18616113.42FZELEC_US_TN_TOT_SALES
Indiana106.0+4.1%92915717.02FZELEC_US_IN_TOT_SALES
Michigan100.4+0.5%63013423.00FZELEC_US_MI_TOT_SALES
Louisiana98.5+0.9%1,21115812.87FZELEC_US_LA_TOT_SALES
Arizona97.3+6.2%1,05416215.05FZELEC_US_AZ_TOT_SALES
Alabama90.1+2.2%1,13918716.33FZELEC_US_AL_TOT_SALES
Washington90.0−0.6%92813214.63FZELEC_US_WA_TOT_SALES
South Carolina86.7+2.0%1,06916915.76FZELEC_US_SC_TOT_SALES
Missouri80.9+2.2%1,03914516.02FZELEC_US_MO_TOT_SALES
Kentucky75.7+0.2%1,10215413.80FZELEC_US_KY_TOT_SALES
Oklahoma75.5+2.7%1,07514814.82FZELEC_US_OK_TOT_SALES
New Jersey74.5+1.4%67516024.61FZELEC_US_NJ_TOT_SALES
Wisconsin71.3+2.7%66512519.41FZELEC_US_WI_TOT_SALES
Minnesota66.6+2.1%74512117.20FZELEC_US_MN_TOT_SALES
Oregon62.3+1.7%84313115.92FZELEC_US_OR_TOT_SALES
Iowa60.4+4.6%84812017.06FZELEC_US_IA_TOT_SALES
Maryland60.1+1.6%95520221.40FZELEC_US_MD_TOT_SALES
Colorado57.7+1.1%67911317.17FZELEC_US_CO_TOT_SALES
Arkansas53.8+3.6%1,05514314.37FZELEC_US_AR_TOT_SALES
Massachusetts52.2+2.1%60218330.48FZELEC_US_MA_TOT_SALES
Mississippi50.5+2.3%1,17017414.43FZELEC_US_MS_TOT_SALES
Kansas42.7+3.1%88613415.47FZELEC_US_KS_TOT_SALES
Nevada41.5+2.8%90812212.72FZELEC_US_NV_TOT_SALES
Nebraska39.7+7.8%95712213.54FZELEC_US_NE_TOT_SALES
Utah36.3+3.2%78610413.31FZELEC_US_UT_TOT_SALES
West Virginia33.7+1.1%1,05516416.31FZELEC_US_WV_TOT_SALES
New Mexico33.0+5.5%65310016.51FZELEC_US_NM_TOT_SALES
North Dakota30.4+0.2%1,07613313.31FZELEC_US_ND_TOT_SALES
Connecticut27.9+1.7%70219324.51FZELEC_US_CT_TOT_SALES
Idaho26.8−0.5%90611613.37FZELEC_US_ID_TOT_SALES
Wyoming17.6+2.1%81711514.43FZELEC_US_WY_TOT_SALES
Montana15.2−1.1%82611515.57FZELEC_US_MT_TOT_SALES
South Dakota14.0+1.5%98314015.15FZELEC_US_SD_TOT_SALES
Delaware11.6+1.3%92716718.70FZELEC_US_DE_TOT_SALES
New Hampshire11.2+1.7%64317327.64FZELEC_US_NH_TOT_SALES
Maine11.1−1.5%52815632.11FZELEC_US_ME_TOT_SALES
District of Columbia10.2−0.7%63515525.98FZELEC_US_DC_TOT_SALES
Hawaii9.1−0.0%51422847.18FZELEC_US_HI_TOT_SALES
Rhode Island7.5+0.8%55016228.18FZELEC_US_RI_TOT_SALES
Alaska6.3+5.1%58815829.41FZELEC_US_AK_TOT_SALES
Vermont5.5+0.7%59014123.84FZELEC_US_VT_TOT_SALES

Consumption and change: last 12 months against the 12 before. Household use and bill: 12-month averages per residential customer.

Electricity demand by country

CountryLatest monthDemand (TWh)vs year earlier12 months (TWh)Series
ChinaMay 2026862.6+6.9%10,584FZELEC_CHN_DEMAND
United States of AmericaJun 2026414.2+2.5%4,585FZELEC_USA_DEMAND
IndiaMay 2026180.3+11.7%1,907FZELEC_IND_DEMAND
Russian FederationMay 202686.4−1.8%1,153FZELEC_RUS_DEMAND
JapanMar 202678.0+0.8%925FZELEC_JPN_DEMAND
BrazilApr 202663.6+2.4%755FZELEC_BRA_DEMAND
CanadaApr 202648.7+1.4%618FZELEC_CAN_DEMAND
South KoreaApr 202644.1+0.3%590FZELEC_KOR_DEMAND
GermanyJun 202640.2+4.2%491FZELEC_DEU_DEMAND
FranceJun 202633.9+9.3%440FZELEC_FRA_DEMAND
MexicoMay 202633.5+1.9%357FZELEC_MEX_DEMAND
TurkeyMay 202626.2−5.9%353FZELEC_TUR_DEMAND
ItalyJun 202627.8+5.3%305FZELEC_ITA_DEMAND
TaiwanMay 202625.0+1.3%289FZELEC_TWN_DEMAND
United KingdomJun 202620.7+2.5%273FZELEC_GBR_DEMAND
EgyptDec 202518.6+6.3%245FZELEC_EGY_DEMAND
AustraliaJun 202620.2−3.4%243FZELEC_AUS_DEMAND
SpainJun 202620.6−4.2%240FZELEC_ESP_DEMAND
ThailandApr 202621.5+10.0%229FZELEC_THA_DEMAND
South AfricaMar 202618.0−4.3%220FZELEC_ZAF_DEMAND
MalaysiaMay 202617.1+3.6%193FZELEC_MYS_DEMAND
PakistanMar 202613.2+16.1%169FZELEC_PAK_DEMAND
PolandJun 202612.5+4.5%162FZELEC_POL_DEMAND
ArgentinaMay 202612.5+10.4%147FZELEC_ARG_DEMAND
NorwayJun 202610.3+11.6%140FZELEC_NOR_DEMAND
SwedenJun 20268.8+0.3%130FZELEC_SWE_DEMAND
KazakhstanMar 202611.3−1.3%123FZELEC_KAZ_DEMAND
NetherlandsJun 202610.1−4.0%123FZELEC_NLD_DEMAND
PhilippinesJun 20269.9−8.8%117FZELEC_PHL_DEMAND
BangladeshMay 20269.4−4.7%105FZELEC_BGD_DEMAND
FinlandJun 20265.6−5.1%88FZELEC_FIN_DEMAND
ChileApr 20266.9+1.9%86FZELEC_CHL_DEMAND
BelgiumJun 20266.7+2.7%84FZELEC_BEL_DEMAND
ColombiaDec 20257.2+4.0%84FZELEC_COL_DEMAND
SwitzerlandMay 20265.4−2.4%71FZELEC_CHE_DEMAND
AustriaJun 20265.4−3.7%71FZELEC_AUT_DEMAND
CzechiaJun 20264.9+2.9%64FZELEC_CZE_DEMAND
PeruMay 20265.4+5.7%62FZELEC_PER_DEMAND
SingaporeFeb 20264.6+3.6%61FZELEC_SGP_DEMAND
PortugalJun 20264.6+3.9%56FZELEC_PRT_DEMAND
RomaniaJun 20263.7−15.2%52FZELEC_ROU_DEMAND
OmanMay 20265.3+19.2%51FZELEC_OMN_DEMAND
HungaryJun 20264.2+10.8%48FZELEC_HUN_DEMAND
GreeceJun 20264.1−2.2%47FZELEC_GRC_DEMAND
MoroccoMar 20263.9+12.1%46FZELEC_MAR_DEMAND
DenmarkJun 20263.3+9.9%44FZELEC_DNK_DEMAND
BelarusMar 20263.8−4.7%44FZELEC_BLR_DEMAND
New ZealandMay 20263.4−1.1%40FZELEC_NZL_DEMAND
EcuadorApr 20263.5+9.0%39FZELEC_ECU_DEMAND
IrelandMay 20262.9+5.5%36FZELEC_IRL_DEMAND
BulgariaJun 20262.5+2.5%36FZELEC_BGR_DEMAND
SerbiaJun 20262.6+0.4%35FZELEC_SRB_DEMAND
NigeriaApr 20262.5−14.6%34FZELEC_NGA_DEMAND
SlovakiaJun 20262.0+5.1%26FZELEC_SVK_DEMAND
AzerbaijanMar 20262.3+4.1%26FZELEC_AZE_DEMAND
Dominican RepublicJan 20261.8+4.7%24FZELEC_DOM_DEMAND
TajikistanMar 20262.0+13.1%21FZELEC_TJK_DEMAND
TunisiaDec 20251.5+9.5%20FZELEC_TUN_DEMAND
CroatiaJun 20261.5−7.0%18FZELEC_HRV_DEMAND
Puerto RicoApr 20261.3+10.5%16FZELEC_PRI_DEMAND
GeorgiaMay 20261.1+2.7%15FZELEC_GEO_DEMAND
KenyaApr 20261.3+6.7%15FZELEC_KEN_DEMAND
SloveniaJun 20261.1+4.8%14FZELEC_SVN_DEMAND
Costa RicaJun 20261.1+7.6%13FZELEC_CRI_DEMAND
LithuaniaJun 20261.0+8.8%13FZELEC_LTU_DEMAND
UruguayJun 20261.2+1.7%13FZELEC_URY_DEMAND
BoliviaMay 20260.9−4.1%12FZELEC_BOL_DEMAND
MongoliaMay 20260.8+1.3%10FZELEC_MNG_DEMAND
ArmeniaMar 20260.9+5.6%10FZELEC_ARM_DEMAND
Bosnia HerzegovinaJun 20260.5−12.9%9FZELEC_BIH_DEMAND
El SalvadorDec 20250.7+6.1%9FZELEC_SLV_DEMAND
North MacedoniaApr 20260.6−1.6%8FZELEC_MKD_DEMAND
EstoniaJun 20260.50.0%8FZELEC_EST_DEMAND
LatviaJun 20260.5+4.0%8FZELEC_LVA_DEMAND
KosovoApr 20260.6+3.6%7FZELEC_XKX_DEMAND
CyprusMay 20260.5+2.0%7FZELEC_CYP_DEMAND
MoldovaApr 20260.40.0%5FZELEC_MDA_DEMAND
LuxembourgJun 20260.4+2.7%5FZELEC_LUX_DEMAND
MaltaMay 20260.3+2.9%4FZELEC_MLT_DEMAND
MontenegroJun 20260.3−16.7%4FZELEC_MNE_DEMAND

Frequently asked questions

What is the average household electricity consumption in the US?

A US residential customer used 875 kWh a month on average over the last 12 months to Aug 2026 (1,152 kWh in Aug 2026 alone). Louisiana households used the most, 1,211 kWh a month.

What is the average electricity bill per month?

The average US residential electricity bill was $158 a month over the last 12 months to Aug 2026, and $209 in Aug 2026. By state it ranged from $100 in New Mexico to $228 in Hawaii.

How much does electricity cost per kWh?

The average US residential price was 18.16 cents per kWh in Aug 2026, +3.4% on a year earlier. The average across all sectors was 14.87 cents.

How much electricity does the US use?

US retail electricity sales were 4,123 TWh over the 12 months to Aug 2026, +1.8% on the 12 months before. FinzData has every state and sector, monthly since 2010.

What is global electricity consumption?

World electricity demand was 2,675 TWh in Jun 2026, +3.4% on a year earlier, and 31,230 TWh over 12 months.

How much electricity does India consume?

India's electricity demand was 180.3 TWh in May 2026, +11.7% on a year earlier, and 1,907 TWh over 12 months.

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Sources: US Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M; Ember, Monthly Electricity Data (CC BY 4.0).