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Energy use for transportation increased from pre-pandemic levels in 2021 in only 12 states

tags: AlabamaAlaskaDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiLouisianaMassachusetts+New JerseyNew YorkSouth DakotaWest Virginiaconsumption/demandelectricitygasolinejet fuelliquid fuelsmapresidual fuel oilstatestransportation

Heating U.S. commercial buildings is most energy intensive in cold climates

tags: CBECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demandelectricityweather

Food service buildings are highly energy intensive

tags: CBECSconsumption/demandelectricity

Midwest homes, notably older homes, consume more natural gas than most other U.S. homes

tags: KansasMichiganMidwestRECSconsumption/demandmap+natural gasresidentialstates

Cooling commercial buildings is six times more energy-intensive in hot climates than cold

tags: CBECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demandmapweather

Nonfossil fuel energy sources accounted for 21% of U.S. energy consumption in 2022

tags: biofuelscoalconsumption/demandcrude oilhydroelectricliquid fuels+natural gasnuclearoil/petroleumrenewableswind

U.S. energy insecure households were billed more for energy than other households

tags: RECSconsumption/demandelectricitypricesresidential

U.S. households in warmer states consume less site energy than households in colder states

tags: RECSbuildingsconsumption/demandresidential

2018 CBECS used new technology to virtually list buildings and collect data

tags: CBECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demandmethods

U.S. natural gas consumption reached multiyear lows this past January and February

tags: RECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demandnatural gasresidential+weather

Mild temperatures reduced U.S. household heating fuel consumption last winter

tags: consumption/demandheating oilweather

U.S. energy consumption increases between 0% and 15% by 2050

tags: AEOcommercialconsumption/demandelectricityforecasts/projectionsindustrial+residentialtransportation

The majority of U.S. households used natural gas in 2020

tags: RECSmapnatural gasresidential

Nearly 5% of U.S. households did not use space heating in 2020, especially in warm regions

tags: RECSbuildingsconsumption/demandresidentialweather

U.S. commercial buildings consumed more fuel for space heating than anything else in 2018

tags: CBECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demand

Homes and buildings in the West and Northeast have the largest share of small-scale solar

tags: CBECSRECSbuildingscommercialelectricitygeneration+residentialsolar

Households primarily heating with heating oil or propane will likely pay more this winter

tags: STEOforecasts/projectionsheating oilliquid fuelspricespropane+residentialweather

U.S. natural gas bills will increase in all regions this winter

tags: STEOforecasts/projectionsnatural gaspricesresidentialweather

Residential and commercial natural gas prices reach multiyear highs in 2022

tags: commercialnatural gaspricesresidential

U.S. commercial buildings continued to increase their energy efficiency as of 2018

tags: CBECSbuildingscommercialconsumption/demandenergy efficiency

2020 inflation-adjusted U.S. energy expenditures lowest since 2002

tags: coalcommercialelectricityindustrialliquid fuelsnatural gas+oil/petroleumresidentialstatestransportation

In 2020, most U.S. households prepared at least one hot meal a day at home

tags: AlabamaCaliforniaHawaiiLouisianaMaineNew Jersey+RECSUtahWashingtonelectricitymapnatural gasstates

Energy use fell during 2020 in all U.S. states except Alaska

tags: AlaskaHawaiiLouisianaSouth Dakotaconsumption/demand

Over one-quarter of U.S. households use electricity as the only source of energy

tags: CaliforniaRECSconsumption/demandelectricitymapstates

Fossil fuel sources accounted for 79% of U.S. consumption of primary energy in 2021

tags: biofuelscoalconsumption/demandhydroelectricliquid fuelsnatural gas+oil/petroleumrenewableswindwood

Recent Data

Energy consumption estimates by sector
trillion Btu
January to December 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
End–Use Sector          
Residential 19,697 19,008 18,812 19,588 20,035
Commercial 16,411 15,917 15,324 16,632 17,068
Industrial 30,955 31,352 30,206 31,708 31,805
Transportation 27,733 27,068 24,450 28,669 28,504
Primary Total 94,793 93,339 88,789 96,603 97,405
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review Table 2.1a, and Table 2.1b

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