6 Industries with the Highest Electricity Consumption in the US

3. Food

Net Demand For Electricity (Million Kilowatt-hours): 94,854

Ranked third among the 15 industries with the highest electricity consumption in the US, the food manufacturing industry is one of the most important industries within the country and throughout the world. It consists of subsectors like the grain and oilseed milling industry, wet corn milling industry, sugar industry, fruit and vegetable preserving specialty food industry, dairy product industry, and the animal slaughtering and processing industry. Of these, the animal slaughtering and processing industry consumes the most electricity, having a net demand for electricity of 31,698 million KWh.