In 2024, the US consumed about 94 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of energy, a 1% increase from 2023, according to the US Energy Information Administration's Monthly Energy Review.

 

Fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—accounted for 82% of total US energy consumption in 2024. Nonfossil fuel energy—from renewables and nuclear energy—accounted for the other 18%, reported WAM.

 

Petroleum remained the most-consumed fuel in the US, as it has been for the past 75 years, and nuclear energy consumption exceeded coal consumption for the first time ever.