What is the average US household electricity consumption in 2008?

Answer 1

According to the Idaho department of environmental quality the yearly use is between 8,500 & 9,500 kWh. Dividing by twelve yields between ~708 and 791kWh per month. CS monitor quotes 888kWh per month electrical use per month so {| |- | References: http://www.deq.idaho.gov/multimedia_assistance/p2/res_energy_home_fs.pdf http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0616/p13s02-stct.html |}

Answer 2

From government figures a person uses an "average of 920 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month". (See link below for source)

so 1.28 KwH X 30 days X 24 hours.

or 1.28 Killowatts = 1280 watts continously.

This is roughly

13 classic light bulbs always on

or

1 blow drier always on

or

1 window AC unit running all the time.

Answer 3

The average US home uses 110 volt for most home electronics and light and 220 volt for many appliances. Each breaker in the breaker box can support up to 10 or 20 amps, depending on the rating of the individual breaker.

Do NOT replace a breaker with a higher rated breaker! It can start a fire.

Answer 4

The 2001 figure of 10656 kWh per household per year comes out to 1.2 kW of continuous power drawn per household, or about 30 kWh per day.

A more recent report here:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/esr/table5.xls

quotes an average of 936 kWh per household per month, which equates to 31 kWh per day or 1.3 kW of continuous power. This corresponds to having thirteen 100W light bulbs on 24 hours a day.

In 2001, the US government stated that the average US household consumed 10656 kWh (kilowatt hour) http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs2001/enduse2001/enduse2001.html Most of this power consumption was for air conditioning and refrigeration.

Answer 5

About 1.3 kWh/hour.

According to EIA, 2010 average electricity use per household: 11496 kwh/yr

Hours in a year consisting of 365 days x 24 hours a day: 8760 hrs/yr

Dividing annual average figure by total hours in a year: 1.312328767 kWh/hr

Answer 6

The average US household electricity consumption in 2008 was around 920 kilowatt-hours per month.

Answer 7

6000000 Wh