This statistic displays the number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017. During the survey, about 22 percent of respondents said they served more than four million customers.
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Utility Dive. (March 25, 2017). Number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/
Utility Dive. "Number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017*." Chart. March 25, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/
Utility Dive. (2017). Number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/
Utility Dive. "Number of Customers of Electric Utilities in The United States as of January 2017*." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/
Utility Dive, Number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/ (last visited July 06, 2025)
Number of customers of electric utilities in the United States as of January 2017* [Graph], Utility Dive, March 25, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/737650/number-of-electric-utility-customers-in-the-us/
