![]() In aggregate then, the enormous electricity usage would be the following. Customer for a utility company means a household. From the EIA, we note that the total number of residential customers is 123,530,000. Using the numbers for a single household, we will calculate the electricity consumption of all American households combined. Frequency Usage per household (kWh = kilowatt hours) Average kWh Per Day 29 kWh Average kWh Per Month 890 kWh Average kWh Per Year 10,577 kWh Instantaneous 1-3 kW (kilowatts) Summary of daily, monthly and yearly electricity consumption for a single American household (source: EIA) Electricity Consumption of Combined American Households That boosts the instantaneous power consumption up to 2.44 kilowatts. A better approximation is to say that energy use is happening only during the day. And most of the energy use is happening during waking hours. The power needs of a house at any instant then is on average 1.22 kilowatts.īut to be fair, there are heavy and light load fluctuations. Then on average, at any one time, your house is using 10,715 divided by 8760 hours, which is 1.22 kilowatts. The number of hours in a year is 365 times 24 = 8760 hours. Let’s get the instantaneous electricity usage. Then the average daily electricity consumption is 29 kWh. What about in a single day? That would be 10,577 KWh divided by 365, or 29 kWh. If you divide that by 12 months, the average monthly electricity consumption is 880 kWh per month. This is a drop from before of 10,715 kilowatt hours in 2021. residential utility customer is 10,557 kilowatt hours (kWh). The recent figures, as of 2023, show that the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. In fact since this article was originally written many years ago, electricity consumption estimates have doubled for Americans. We answered this question by updating all the statistics on the electricity used in households. The EPA collects detailed statistics for the entire US and makes it available to everyone Electricity Consumption of A Single American Household – Average kWh Per Day, Month and Year ![]()
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