Table 22. Forecasts of average annual growth in
residential and commercial energy demand (percent)

 

History

 

Projections

Forecast

1984-
1998

 

AEO2001
(1999-
2020)

DRI
(1999-
2020)

GRI
(1998-
2015)

WEFA
(1999-
2020)

Residential

Petroleum

-0.1

 

-0.7

0.2

-0.3

-0.6

Natural gas

0.0

 

1.3

1.1

1.4

1.1

Electricity

2.7

 

1.9

1.3

2.0

1.7

Delivered energy

1.1

 

1.3

1.0

1.3

1.1

Electricity losses

2.2

 

1.0

0.2

1.2

0.3

Primary energy

1.6

 

1.2

0.7

1.2

0.7

Commercial

Petroleum

-4.3

 

0.5

-0.5

-1.3

-0.5

Natural gas

1.3

 

1.3

0.5

1.8

1.3

Electricity

3.4

 

2.0

1.0

1.9

1.8

Delivered energy

1.4

 

1.6

0.9

1.6

1.4

Electricity losses

3.0

 

1.2

0.0

1.0

0.4

Primary energy

2.2

 

1.4

0.4

1.3

0.8

History: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1999, DOE/EIA-0384(99) (Washington, DC, July 2000). AEO2001: Table A2. DRI: Standard & Poor’s DRI, U.S. Energy Outlook (Spring/Summer 2000). GRI: Gas Research Institute, GRI Baseline Projection of U.S. Energy Supply and Demand, 2000 Edition (January 2000). WEFA: The WEFA Group, U.S. Energy Outlook (2000).

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