6 Industries with the Highest Electricity Consumption in the US

4. Paper

Net Demand For Electricity (Million Kilowatt-hours): 91,108

The paper manufacturing industry is responsible for producing not just paper, but pulp and converted paper products as well. In the US, it consists of different subsectors, including pulp mills, paper mills industry, newsprint mills, and paperboard mills manufacturing industries. Of these, the paper mills subsector consumes the most electricity, with its net demand for electricity being 31,159 million KWh.