U.S. Electricity Sales Projections Continue to Fall

Electricity producers and distributors are in an unusual
business. The product they provide is available to all customers
instantaneously, literally at the flip of a switch. But the large
amount of equipment, both hardware and software to do this takes
years to design, site and install. From a long range planning
perspective, just as important as a good engineering design is an
accurate sales projections. For the US electric utility industry
the most authoritative electricity demand projec-tions come from
the Department of Energy’s Energy…

Electricity producers and distributors are in an unusual
business. The product they provide is available to all customers
instantaneously, literally at the flip of a switch. But the large
amount of equipment, both hardware and software to do this takes
years to design, site and install. From a long range planning
perspective, just as important as a good engineering design is an
accurate sales projections. For the US electric utility industry
the most authoritative electricity demand projec-tions come from
the Department of Energy’s Energy…