COVID Fallout: U.S. Energy Consumption Fell Record 7% in 2020

The expert number crunchers at our favorite government agency, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), now have the lowdown on how the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting partial shutdown of the American economy affected energy use in 2020. Our country saw the largest one-year decline in energy usage--ever. Last year's energy usage dipped 7% from the previous year. The biggest loser was the transportation sector which decreased energy usage by 15%. Even the residential sector with people staying home saw a slight decrease of 1% last year.

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