Table 23. Forecasts of average annual growth in
industrial energy demand (percent)

 

History

 

Projections

Forecast

1984-
1998

 

AEO2001
(1999-
2020)

DRI
(1999-
2020)

GRI
(1998-
2015)

WEFA
(1999-
2020)

Petroleum

1.0

 

1.1

1.1

1.6

1.2

Natural gas

2.2

 

1.3

1.3

1.7

0.7

Coal

-1.6

 

0.1

0.0

-0.8

-0.4

Electricity

1.6

 

1.4

1.8

2.0

1.2

Delivered energy

1.4

 

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.0

Electricity losses

0.8

 

0.5

0.6

1.4

-0.2

Primary energy

1.3

 

1.0

0.9

1.4

0.7

 Source:  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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