Electricity demand growth

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
2%
forecast

United States · 2026

IEA projects electricity demand growth in United States at 2% in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Among advanced economies, growth remains robust at close to 2% in the United States and in the European Union.

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ValueDivergenceSource organisationDocumentLocatorDetails
2.2%+0.2 ppIEAExecutive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025Global electricity demand on course to expand robustly in 2025 and 2026 despite economic headwindsOpen record

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2026). Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAY
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2026, https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAY.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2026. https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAY.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2026electricity18yfay, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAY}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
Retrieved
15 September 2026
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Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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