# Residential electricity sales in California

Residential electricity sales in California was 85.114 TWh in 2025. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_retail_sales_residential`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Electricity sold to residential customers (households), in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as reported by utilities and other retailers to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-861.
- Note: Retail sales only: electricity that plants and businesses generate and use themselves (direct use) is not included, so this is lower than total consumption, and it is not the same as electricity_consumption, which EIA publishes for countries. Published in megawatt hours; shown in terawatt hours.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, residential sector, by state (HS861) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, residential sector, by state (HS861). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/residential-electricity-sales/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_retail_sales_residential&place=us-state-06

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 85.114 |
| 2024 | 85.851 |
| 2023 | 82.821 |
| 2022 | 89.542 |
| 2021 | 90.284 |
| 2020 | 94.935 |
| 2019 | 87.524 |
| 2018 | 89.1 |
| 2017 | 90.124 |
| 2016 | 88.311 |
| 2015 | 89.386 |
| 2014 | 89.361 |
| 2013 | 89.242 |
| 2012 | 90.11 |
| 2011 | 88.398 |
| 2010 | 87.257 |
| 2009 | 89.799 |
| 2008 | 91.231 |
| 2007 | 89.158 |
| 2006 | 89.836 |
| 2005 | 85.61 |
| 2004 | 83.361 |
| 2003 | 82.926 |
| 2002 | 77.202 |
| 2001 | 76.668 |
| 2000 | 79.241 |
| 1999 | 75.303 |
| 1998 | 75.205 |
| 1997 | 73.086 |
| 1996 | 71.396 |
| 1995 | 68.783 |
| 1994 | 68.866 |
| 1993 | 67.359 |
| 1992 | 68.121 |
| 1991 | 66.017 |
| 1990 | 66.575 |