US power use to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA says

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Source: Reuters

October 7, 2025 5:22 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. power consumption will hit record highs in 2025 and 2026, the Energy Information Administration said in its short-term energy outlook on Tuesday.

The EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,191 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025 and 4,305 billion kWh in 2026, up from a record 4,097 billion kWh in 2024. Those demand increases come in part from data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency and as homes and businesses use more electricity and less fossil fuel for heat and transportation.

The EIA forecast power sales in 2025 will rise to 1,508 billion kWh for residential consumers, 1,487 billion kWh for commercial customers, and 1,053 billion kWh for industrial customers. Those forecasts compare to all-time highs of 1,509 billion kWh for residential consumers in 2022, 1,434 billion kWh in 2024 for commercial customers, and 1,064 billion kWh for industrial customers in 2000.

The EIA said the share of power generation for natural gas would slide from 42% in 2024 to 40% in 2025 and 2026. Coal's share will rise from 16% in 2024 to 17% in 2025 before sliding back to 16% in 2026 as renewable output rises.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-power-use-reach-record-highs-2025-2026-eia-says-2025-10-07/

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Link to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) REPORT - Short-Term Energy Outlook

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1. "...data centers dedicated to artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency" - in other words, wasted on harmful tech

for corrupt scammers and intellectual property thieves.

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2. U.S. power use forecast: From '24 to '25: +2.3%, From '25 to '26: +2.7%

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This comes to 5.1% in just 2 years (4097 to 4305 billion KWH).

Considering that it was almost flat for 16 years (2023 was about the same as 2007) this is quite a shock to the system.

U.S. CO2 emissions actual/forecast (in million metric tons)
2023: 4800
2024: 4790
2025: 4880
2026: 4840

Besides the above woke subject, the report also has a lot of emphasis on what they call renewables, another woke subject. They seem to have not gotten the memo that tracking emissions, and renewables, are not part of warrior culture.

The Reuters link is paywalled, but the archive is at: https://archive.ph/xoocA

From the source (the same link is also in the OP): https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/
Full EIA report: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf

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Not from the article or the source, but the topic reminds me:
One data center planned for Wyoming will initially use 7.2 Times what all the state's homes use, and can scale up to 40 times
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1127&pid=184325