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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Short-Term Energy Outlook predicting that the electricity consumption in the United States will reach a historical high in the next two years. The EIA expects that electricity demand will increase from a record 40,970 billion kilowatt-hours in 2024 to 42,050 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025, and further to 42,520 billion kilowatt-hours in 2026. This growth is partly attributed to the use of more electricity by artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency mining data centers, as well as by households and businesses in heating and transportation. The EIA also mentioned that the proportion of natural gas electricity generation will decrease from 42% in 2024 to 40% in 2025 and 2026. The share of coal-fired electricity generation will remain at 16% in 2025, the same as in 2024, before decreasing to 15% in 2026.