Eastern Interconnection - Electricity Demand

Electricity Demand

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reported the following actual and projected consumption for the regions of the Eastern Interconnection:

Electricity Demand Projections
for Eastern Connection (GW)'
Summer Winter
Region 2007 2017 Growth 2007 2017 Growth
FRCC 47 57 21.3% 42 60 42.9%
MRO (US) 42 52 23.8% 35 42 20.0%
NPCC (US) 61 69 13.1% 48 53 10.4%
RFC 180 209 16.1% 141 164 16.3%
SERC 209 243 16.3% 179 209 16.8%
SPP 43 51 18.6% 31 38 22.6%
US- East Interconnection 582 681 17.0% 476 566 18.9%
MRO (CAN) 6.2 6.9 11.3% 7.3 8.2 12.3%
NPCC (CAN) 50.3 50.7 0.8% 65.0 66.7 2.6%
CAN- East Interconnection 56.5 57.6 2.0% 72.3 74.9 3.6%
Eastern Interconnection 638.5 738.6 15.7% 548.3 640.9 16.9%

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