Electric power lines at sunset in El Segundo, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Driven by new data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, retail electricity sales to consumers across the United States are expected to grow at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in both 2025 and 2026.
This is a 175 percent jump compared with the 0.8 percent average growth during the 2020–2024 period, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a July 31 analysis.
