5 Cities with the Highest Electricity Consumption in the US

3. Chicago, IL

Average Annual Electricity Usage: 30.2 billion kWh

Chicago bagged the 3rd place in our list of the 25 cities with the highest electricity consumption in the US. Chicago, a major city on Lake Michigan in Illinois, consumes about 30.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually. On average, households in Chicago use between 7,000 and 9,000 kWh of electricity per year.

Chicago earned the nickname “Windy City,” which started becoming popular in 1856. The name not only references the city’s actual wind but also reflects historical political bragging and rivalries with other major cities like Cincinnati and New York. Chicago, however, topped our list of the 16 most corrupt cities in the US, with 1,824 convictions from 1976 to 2021.