EIA state data · 2010 to 2025
Commercial electricity demand by state
How much electricity businesses buy in each state, and where it is growing, from EIA’s survey of every utility and retail supplier. Sales in kWh, 2010 to 2025, and the latest 12 months.
U.S. businesses bought 1,503 billion kWh of electricity in 2025, up 10.5% from 2015 and up 16.8% from 2020, according to EIA. The growth is concentrated: Oregon (+89%), North Dakota (+73%) and Wyoming (+70%) grew fastest since 2020, while 21 markets used less than in 2015.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 state history · 2025
Where the growth is
The ten states that added the most account for 99% of the net increase in U.S. commercial electricity sales since 2015, and 21 markets sold less in 2025 than in 2015. EIA has reported that commercial electricity demand grew fastest in states with rapid computing facility growth and that commercial sales in Virginia have soared, driven by data centers.
| State | Added since 2015 (billion kWh) | Change | Share of the U.S. increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 38.4 | +28.1% | 27% |
| Virginia | 38.3 | +79.2% | 27% |
| Oregon | 13.7 | +85.8% | 10% |
| Ohio | 10.6 | +22.5% | 7% |
| Georgia | 9.97 | +21.2% | 7% |
| Arizona | 8.33 | +28.5% | 6% |
| Oklahoma | 6.64 | +32.1% | 5% |
| Nebraska | 5.67 | +60.9% | 4% |
| North Dakota | 5.21 | +82.9% | 4% |
| Nevada | 4.65 | +48.4% | 3% |
Every state
| State | 2025 sales (billion kWh) | Since 2015 | Since 2020 | 12 months to August 2026 vs prior 12 | Commercial customers 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,503 | +10.5% | +16.8% | +3.5% | 19,555,181 |
| Oregon | 29.8 | +85.8% | +89.0% | +0.1% | 249,761 |
| North Dakota | 11.5 | +82.9% | +72.9% | −0.8% | 78,118 |
| Wyoming | 5.65 | +43.9% | +70.1% | +8.2% | 60,171 |
| Nebraska | 15.0 | +60.9% | +64.8% | +17.9% | 162,984 |
| Virginia | 86.6 | +79.2% | +61.8% | +5.1% | 446,439 |
| Oklahoma | 27.3 | +32.1% | +46.2% | +6.0% | 309,237 |
| Ohio | 57.7 | +22.5% | +33.6% | +15.6% | 624,811 |
| Utah | 14.8 | +27.0% | +29.5% | +6.8% | 149,522 |
| Arizona | 37.6 | +28.5% | +29.1% | +11.6% | 352,529 |
| Georgia | 57.1 | +21.2% | +28.9% | +6.1% | 626,016 |
| South Carolina | 26.5 | +20.8% | +27.1% | +3.9% | 409,462 |
| Washington | 33.3 | +13.8% | +22.0% | +1.3% | 405,678 |
| Texas | 174.7 | +28.1% | +20.3% | +8.0% | 1,530,891 |
| Nevada | 14.3 | +48.4% | +19.0% | +4.7% | 178,864 |
| Iowa | 13.6 | +12.9% | +17.4% | +1.3% | 253,084 |
| South Dakota | 5.48 | +15.4% | +16.7% | +1.7% | 80,546 |
| Indiana | 25.6 | +6.7% | +16.6% | +14.2% | 377,733 |
| West Virginia | 8.01 | +2.7% | +15.2% | +4.8% | 152,666 |
| Kentucky | 20.8 | +6.1% | +15.1% | −0.3% | 328,518 |
| Pennsylvania | 40.3 | −7.9% | +13.9% | +0.3% | 742,859 |
| Idaho | 7.09 | +13.2% | +12.3% | +2.5% | 125,960 |
| New Mexico | 9.38 | +5.7% | +11.6% | −2.6% | 148,461 |
| Vermont | 1.99 | −1.0% | +10.2% | +0.7% | 64,291 |
| Kansas | 16.2 | +5.6% | +9.5% | +3.5% | 245,381 |
| North Carolina | 50.2 | +4.1% | +9.4% | +1.8% | 752,872 |
| Montana | 5.13 | +4.8% | +9.1% | +0.2% | 142,071 |
| Tennessee | 36.5 | +4.3% | +9.0% | +0.9% | 548,580 |
| Mississippi | 14.4 | −0.2% | +8.9% | +0.7% | 245,986 |
| Missouri | 30.4 | −0.5% | +8.8% | +3.6% | 407,623 |
| Florida | 100.4 | +4.7% | +8.5% | +1.7% | 1,320,538 |
| Arkansas | 11.9 | −1.7% | +7.5% | +0.2% | 208,609 |
| Alabama | 22.8 | −2.6% | +7.2% | +1.4% | 394,133 |
| Louisiana | 24.0 | −4.0% | +7.1% | −0.1% | 301,630 |
| California | 114.2 | −3.6% | +6.7% | −0.6% | 1,775,143 |
| Maine | 4.07 | +1.3% | +6.6% | −2.2% | 112,031 |
| District of Columbia | 7.23 | −12.1% | +6.1% | −1.2% | 27,607 |
| Minnesota | 22.8 | −2.5% | +6.0% | +3.4% | 310,503 |
| Wisconsin | 23.7 | +0.9% | +5.8% | +2.1% | 370,459 |
| Massachusetts | 24.4 | −6.7% | +5.7% | +1.3% | 426,378 |
| Hawaii | 2.83 | −11.0% | +5.3% | −2.4% | 59,812 |
| Michigan | 37.3 | −2.9% | +5.2% | +0.5% | 567,233 |
| New Hampshire | 4.23 | −5.8% | +5.0% | +2.3% | 113,484 |
| New Jersey | 37.0 | −4.4% | +4.8% | −0.2% | 540,953 |
| Delaware | 4.28 | +1.4% | +4.8% | −1.3% | 60,848 |
| Maryland | 27.7 | −7.5% | +4.7% | +0.3% | 262,799 |
| New York | 72.2 | −6.3% | +4.6% | −0.3% | 1,173,398 |
| Colorado | 20.9 | +2.6% | +4.5% | +1.3% | 405,356 |
| Connecticut | 11.6 | −10.2% | +4.4% | +1.0% | 156,611 |
| Alaska | 2.60 | −6.0% | +2.9% | +3.0% | 57,465 |
| Rhode Island | 3.65 | −1.4% | +2.8% | +1.2% | 64,502 |
| Illinois | 46.4 | −7.8% | +2.0% | −0.4% | 644,575 |
Download commercial sales, customers and price for every state and year since 2010 as CSV. The latest-12-months column uses EIA’s monthly survey, preliminary for recent months; the yearly columns are EIA’s final annual data.
What the figures cover
- Sales, not consumption on site. These are kWh sold to commercial customers by utilities and retail suppliers. Power a business makes for itself, such as rooftop solar used on site, is not in them.
- The commercial line is drawn by each utility. A large customer can sit in commercial in one state and industrial in another, and a reclassification can move a state’s figures in one year.
- Customers are accounts. A business with several meters can be several customers.
For price rather than volume, see rates by state, this month’s prices and commercial vs residential vs industrial.
Common questions
- Which states use the most commercial electricity?
- By 2025 sales, Texas (174.7 billion kWh), California (114.2 billion kWh) and Florida (100.4 billion kWh). Size follows population and economy; the growth figures in the table show where demand is changing.
- Where is business electricity demand growing fastest?
- Since 2020, in Oregon (+89%), North Dakota (+73%) and Wyoming (+70%). EIA has reported that commercial demand grew fastest in states with rapid growth in large computing facilities, and that data centers drove the rise in Virginia’s commercial sales.
- Is U.S. commercial electricity demand rising?
- Yes. 2025 sales were up 10.5% on 2015 and up 16.8% on 2020, and the 12 months to August 2026 were up 3.5% on the 12 months before (preliminary). For most of the 2010s commercial sales were close to flat.
- Does growing demand raise electricity prices?
- It can, through the cost of new generation, transmission and distribution, but prices also move with fuel costs and rate cases. The monthly price page and EIA’s forecast show what prices have done; this page shows sales only.
Rising demand shows up in delivery charges and capacity costs before it shows up in an average. A person can read your bill for both. Nobody calls unless you ask.