aja8888
Moderator Emeritus
Here's the lowdown on power generation and use for 2019 and earlier. Also, some interesting predictions about new power plants coming online (and shutting down) in 2020 and how the power will be generated:
https://wolfstreet.com/2020/01/15/u...-decade-but-2020-capacity-additions-are-wild/
Please read the comments below the article too!
https://wolfstreet.com/2020/01/15/u...-decade-but-2020-capacity-additions-are-wild/
Electricity sales in the US isn’t exactly a high-growth business. In 2019, total electricity sales (in gigawatt hours) to ultimate customers are estimated to have fallen; through the first 10 months, according to the EIA’s latest Electricity Monthly, total electricity sales declined 2.9% from the same period in 2018. The only sector to which electricity sales increased – and just by 0.6% – was transportation, a tiny sector covering subways and other electric mass-transit systems. Sales to the other sectors fell, in order of magnitude of the sector: residential (-2.4%), commercial (-2.0%), and industrial (-4.8%).
In terms of annual sales of electricity to ultimate customers from 2008 through 2019, an image of stagnation emerges. Based on the full-year 2019 estimate, electricity sales in gigawatt hours over the 11 years from 2008 through 2019 ticked up only 0.6%, interrupted by some bigger increases and declines in between.
Please read the comments below the article too!