Electricity consumption
The table below indicate the estimated US residential electricity consumption by end use 2014Source: EIA September 2015
End use | Quadrillion Btu | Billion kilowatthours | Share of total |
---|---|---|---|
Space cooling | 0,64 | 189 | 13 % |
Lighting | 0,51 | 150 | 11 % |
Water heating | 0,45 | 132 | 9% |
Space heating | 0,45 | 132 | 9% |
Refrigeration | 0,36 | 106 | 7% |
Televisions and related equipment1 | 0,33 | 96 | 7% |
Clothes dryers | 0,2 | 60 | 4% |
Furnace fans and boiler circulation pumps | 0,15 | 43 | 3% |
Computers and related equipment2 | 0,12 | 34 | 2% |
Cooking | 0,11 | 31 | 2% |
Dishwashers3 | 0,09 | 28 | 2% |
Freezers | 0,08 | 22 | 2% |
Clothes washers3 | 0,03 | 8 | 1% |
Other uses4 | 1,31 | 383 | 27 % |
Total consumption | 4,83 | 1,415 |