How is electricity used in U.S. homes?

We conduct the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), which includes detailed data on the types of electrical devices used in U.S. households (including cooling and heating equipment, electronics, lighting, refrigerators, and water heaters) and electricity consumption by type of end use. We publish electricity usage data for each state in our RECS residential data tables and on the RECS Dashboard.

We also publish projections for U.S. residential sector electricity consumption by type of major end use in Table 4 of the Annual Energy Outlook.

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Electricity use in homes