# Residential electricity sales in United States

Residential electricity sales in United States was 1,519.151 TWh in 2025. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_retail_sales_residential`
- Place id: `us`
- 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/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_retail_sales_residential&place=us

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,519.151 |
| 2024 | 1,482.874 |
| 2023 | 1,450.025 |
| 2022 | 1,509.233 |
| 2021 | 1,470.487 |
| 2020 | 1,464.605 |
| 2019 | 1,440.289 |
| 2018 | 1,469.093 |
| 2017 | 1,378.648 |
| 2016 | 1,411.058 |
| 2015 | 1,404.096 |
| 2014 | 1,407.208 |
| 2013 | 1,394.812 |
| 2012 | 1,374.515 |
| 2011 | 1,422.801 |
| 2010 | 1,445.708 |
| 2009 | 1,364.758 |
| 2008 | 1,380.662 |
| 2007 | 1,392.241 |
| 2006 | 1,351.52 |
| 2005 | 1,359.227 |
| 2004 | 1,291.982 |
| 2003 | 1,275.824 |
| 2002 | 1,265.18 |
| 2001 | 1,201.607 |
| 2000 | 1,192.446 |
| 1999 | 1,144.923 |
| 1998 | 1,130.109 |
| 1997 | 1,075.88 |
| 1996 | 1,082.512 |
| 1995 | 1,042.501 |
| 1994 | 1,008.482 |
| 1993 | 994.781 |
| 1992 | 935.939 |
| 1991 | 955.417 |
| 1990 | 924.019 |