Residential gas, commercial electric storage water heater shipments up in June
U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters for June 2017 increased 0.3 percent to 362,619 units, up from 361,674 units shipped in June 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments decreased 3.5 percent in June 2017 to 334,234 units, down from 346,193 units shipped in June 2016.
For the year-to-date, U.S. shipments of residential gas storage water heaters increased 3.6 percent to 2,231,051, compared to 2,152,855 shipped during that same period in 2016. Residential electric storage water heater shipments increased 4.0 percent year-to-date to 2,091,748 units, compared to 2,012,123 shipped during the same period in 2016.