New York State Electricity Sales by Sector Since 1980

Beginning in 1980, this dataset provides annual electricity sales to end-use consumers in New York State, broken down by sector. The data, measured in gigawatt-hours (GWh), covers the Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors, with a Total column for each year. It is published by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to support energy analysis and policy.

Use Cases

• Tracking long-term energy consumption trends using the Year and Total columns.
• Analyzing shifts in electricity demand between the Residential and Commercial sectors.
• Comparing industrial energy use over time using the Industrial column.
• Assessing the scale of electricity used for Transportation relative to other sectors.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term time series beginning in 1980.
• Data is broken down by four distinct end-use sectors (Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Transportation).
• Published by an authoritative state agency (NYSERDA).
• Available on multiple government data platforms, indicating reliability.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and license are not provided on any platform.
• The 'last updated' dates (2026-03-30, 2026-04-04) are in the future, suggesting potential system errors.

Provenance

Source

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from utility sales reports.

Time Range

Beginning 1980.

Freshness

Last updated dates are listed as 2026-03-30 and 2026-04-04, which are implausible future dates.

Geography

New York State.