Driven by new data centers and 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 to the 0.8 percent average growth during 2020–2024, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a July 31 analysis.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) serves 24 million customers in Texas, accounting for roughly 90 percent of the state’s electrical load, EIA said. PJM Interconnection serves the District of Columbia and 13 states—Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia….