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Up until a few years ago, it was estimated that electricity demand in the US would flat-line or increase about a percent / year from now until 2030. It is not being predicted that electricity demand will increase by 25% between now and 2030.
Here is the data from just a few years ago (2022), link here.
Electricity consumption in the United States was about 4 trillion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2022 Electricity is an essential part of modern life and important to the U.S. economy.
Total U.S. electricity consumption in 2022 was about 4.07 trillion kWh, the highest amount recorded and 14 times greater than electricity use in 1950.
Total annual U.S. electricity consumption increased in all but 11 years between 1950 and 2022, and 8 of the years with year-over-year decreases occurred after 2007.
Total electricity end-use consumption includes retail sales of electricity to consumers and direct use electricity. Direct use electricity is used by the same industrial or commercial sector facility where it is produced. The industrial sector accounts for most direct use electricity.
Total direct use of electricity by the industrial and commercial sectors was about 3.5% of total electricity end-use consumption in 2022.
Total U.S. electricity end-use consumption in 2022 was about 3.2% higher than in 2021.1 In 2022, retail electricity sales to the residential sector were about 2.6% higher than in 2021, and retail electricity sales to the commercial sector were about 4.7% higher than in 2021.
Electricity retail sales to the industrial sector in 2022 were about 2.0% higher than in 2021 but were about 4.1% lower than in 2000, the year of highest U.S. retail sales to the industrial sector. The industrial sector's percentage share of total U.S. electricity retail sales was about 31.1% in 2000 and 26.0% in 2022.
