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US electricity (EIA)

Monthly US retail electricity sales from EIA Form EIA-861M since 2010: commercial-sector sales in Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, New York, California and the whole US; the all-sector total of each of those states; and derived series for Virginia's share of US commercial sales and for sales per commercial customer.

Data centres pay commercial electricity rates, but so does every shop and office. No chart here counts data centres alone. ⚠ Virginia's growth starts in 2021, before ChatGPT: cloud computing and AI both drive it, and this data cannot separate them.

cadence · monthly 15 series updated 21 Oct 2026 www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861m/ ↗
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Virginia's share of US commercial sales derived

5.7% of US commercial sales +3.5% yr as of Jul 2026
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Virginia's commercial electricity sales divided by all US commercial electricity sales, for the last 12 months.

Commercial electricity sales

Virginia

8.6M MWh +13.6% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Ohio

6.3M MWh +12.7% yr as of Jul 2026
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M6.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Georgia

6.0M MWh +5.6% yr as of Jul 2026
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M6.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Arizona

4.5M MWh +15.3% yr as of Jul 2026
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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New York (control)

7.0M MWh −0.1% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Not a data-centre state. This chart is a control. Commercial electricity sales in New York fell since 2015.

California (control)

10.8M MWh +5.8% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Not a data-centre state. This chart is a control. Commercial electricity sales in California fell since 2015.

United States

151M MWh +4.3% yr as of Jul 2026
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100M120M140M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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All-sector totals

Each chart here adds all five sectors. If commercial sales rise but the total does not, a utility only moved customers between billing classes.

Virginia, all sectors

14.6M MWh +5.8% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M14.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Ohio, all sectors

16.8M MWh +3.8% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M14.0M16.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Georgia, all sectors

16.2M MWh +1.8% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M14.0M16.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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Arizona, all sectors

11.4M MWh +9.0% yr as of Jul 2026
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M201020122014201620182020202220242026Copilot GAClaude 3GPT-5 / gpt-oss
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United States, all sectors

415M MWh +1.9% yr as of Jul 2026
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Derived

Virginia derived

192.3 MWh per customer +6.1% yr as of Jul 2026
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Virginia's commercial electricity sales for the last 12 months, divided by the number of commercial customers.

United States derived

77.2 MWh per customer +2.5% yr as of Jul 2026
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US commercial electricity sales for the last 12 months, divided by the number of commercial customers. This chart is a control.

Figures

US electricity (EIA): latest figure, change, range and coverage of each series
SeriesLatestChangeMinMaxCoverage
VirginiaMWh8.6M+13.6% yr3.4M8.6MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
OhioMWh6.3M+12.7% yr3.0M6.3MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
GeorgiaMWh6.0M+5.6% yr3.0M6.0MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
ArizonaMWh4.5M+15.3% yr1.9M4.5MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
New York (control)MWh7.0M−0.1% yr4.8M7.6MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
California (control)MWh10.8M+5.8% yr6.5M12.4MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
United StatesMWh151M+4.3% yr91.4M151MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
Virginia, all sectorsMWh14.6M+5.8% yr7.5M14.6MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
Ohio, all sectorsMWh16.8M+3.8% yr9.9M16.8MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
Georgia, all sectorsMWh16.2M+1.8% yr8.9M16.2MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
Arizona, all sectorsMWh11.4M+9.0% yr4.7M11.4MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
United States, all sectorsMWh415M+1.9% yr262M415MJan 2010 — Jul 2026
Virginia's share of US commercial sales5.7%+3.5% yr3.5%5.7%Dec 2010 — Jul 2026
VirginiaMWh per customer192.3+6.1% yr107.1241.3Dec 2010 — Jul 2026
United StatesMWh per customer77.2+2.5% yr66.977.7Dec 2010 — Jul 2026
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