Nerc Shaves 10-year Peak demand Growth

摘要

Summer peak demand growth across the U.S. will go up by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2017. That estimate came from the North American Reliability Corp. in its 2008 Long-Term Reliability Assessment. NERC said the 16.6 percent rate of growth is more than a full percentage point lower than what it forecast a year ago. The downward adjustment shaves the equivalent of roughly one full year of growth from its forecast. The net effect is to improve the outlook for capacity margins across most of North America over the next 10 years.