Table 10. U.S. Electric Utility Actual and Potential Peak Load Reductions
               by Sector, 1998 and 1999
               (Megawatts)


Sector

1998

1999

 

Actual

Potential

Actual

Potential

Residential 

9,327

13,022

9,976

12,812

Commercial

9,482

12,210

7,777

8,868

Industrial

7,927

15,512

6,360

17,237

Other

495

686

2,342

4,653

U.S. Total

27,231

41,430

26,455

43,570

    Notes:Data are final. Data are provided for electric utilities with sales to ultimate consumers or sales for resale greater than or equal to 150,000 megawatthours. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
    Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Utility Report."