US states by electricity retail sales

Texas had the highest electricity retail sales of 51 states in 2018, at 424.419 TWh. Vermont had the lowest, at 5.531 TWh. The median was 56.45 TWh and the figure for the United States was 3,859.185 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest424.419Texas

Lowest5.531Vermont

Median56.4551 states

United States3,859.185History

Map of states, 2018

Under 14
14 to 33
33 to 56
56 to 82
82 to 130
130 and over

TWh, 2018. Source: EIA, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2018

TWh. Source: EIA, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 TWh	Change on 2017
1	Texas	424.419	+5.6%
2	California	255.224	-0.8%
3	Florida	238.565	+2.3%
4	Ohio	152.915	+4.3%
5	New York	149.93	+3.4%
6	Pennsylvania	148.977	+4.2%
7	Illinois	142.655	+4%
8	Georgia	139.866	+4.8%
9	North Carolina	138.287	+5.2%
10	Virginia	118.166	+6%
11	Michigan	104.869	+2.9%
12	Indiana	104.194	+5.3%
13	Tennessee	102.911	+5.8%
14	Louisiana	94.186	+3.3%
15	Alabama	90.28	+4.7%
16	Washington	90.006	-2.1%
17	Missouri	82.056	+7.3%
18	South Carolina	81.641	+4.5%
19	Arizona	78.346	+0.9%
20	Kentucky	76.611	+5.5%
21	New Jersey	76.017	+3.6%
22	Wisconsin	70.96	+2.7%
23	Minnesota	68.708	+2.3%
24	Oklahoma	64.575	+6.7%
25	Maryland	62.086	+4.7%
26	Colorado	56.45	+3%
27	Massachusetts	53.285	+1.5%
28	Iowa	51.211	+4.7%
29	Mississippi	50.39	+5.4%
30	Arkansas	49.603	+7.6%
31	Oregon	49.326	-1.4%
32	Kansas	42.037	+4.3%
33	Nevada	37.78	+3.1%
34	West Virginia	33.647	+6.1%
35	Utah	31.242	+2.1%
36	Nebraska	30.939	+1.9%
37	Connecticut	28.834	+2.5%
38	New Mexico	24.049	+4.5%
39	Idaho	23.754	-0.2%
40	North Dakota	20.67	+2.6%
41	Wyoming	16.865	+0.5%
42	Montana	14.839	+0.9%
43	South Dakota	12.857	+4.4%
44	Maine	12.355	+10.2%
45	Delaware	11.773	+5.8%
46	District of Columbia	11.358	+4%
47	New Hampshire	11.046	+2.4%
48	Hawaii	9.337	+0.1%
49	Rhode Island	7.583	+2.7%
50	Alaska	5.972	-3.4%
51	Vermont	5.531	+2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Electricity sold to all ultimate customers: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as reported by utilities and other retailers to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-861.

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. From 1990 to 2002 the all-sector total includes an "other" sector (public street lighting, other public authorities and railways); from 2003 EIA reports these sales under commercial, industrial and a new transportation sector.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861) (US states by electricity retail sales, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/

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Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861), US states by electricity retail sales, 2018. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2026. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). US states by electricity retail sales, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2018.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861), US states by electricity retail sales, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861): US states by electricity retail sales, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2018. Publisher attribution: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest electricity retail sales?

Texas, with 424.419 TWh in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest electricity retail sales?

Vermont, with 5.531 TWh in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.