(MENAFN)The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) declared in a statement on Monday, May 17, despite a lot of people spending more time at home throughout this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. residential energy utilization dropped 4 percent in 2020.
According to EIA's Monthly Energy Review, fairly warmer weather throughout the winter months last year significantly dropped home energy consumption for space heating compared with 2019, which was enough to equalize a 2 percent upsurge in residential electricity retail sales.
Space heating and water heating are typically the most energy-intensive uses in the average U.S. house, and they make up about two-thirds of U.S. home energy use, according to EIA's survey of residential energy expenditure.
EIA stated that relative to the first three months of 2019, residential use of natural gas dropped by 15 percent, petroleum by 17 percent, and wood by 15 percent in the first three months of 2020.
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