Why electricity demand is falling, and what it means

reneweconomy ^ | 6 March 2014 | By Nathan Lim

[2ndDivisionVet]

It’s called a major recession.

[Psalm 144]

Yup. Meat consumption will show a sharper drop.

[ckilmer]

fyi

[ModelBreaker]

I don’t suppose higher electricity prices have anything to do with it.

[plainshame]

Use a home generator to increase electricity.1 KW in 2 KW out.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Finally!

The yellow line and the blue line have come together to form...

GREEN!

[Qiviut]

I know several families who are now heating with wood during the winter & others who are supplementing with wood since electricity is too high, especially when they’re fighting to keep food on the table & a roof over their heads in this economy. I guess that’s why the EPA is going after wood stoves .....

[Daffynition]

The CFL bulbs did it!

[gleeaikin]

I converted my 4 story row house to all CFL’s 20 years ago. My bills then were around $28, and immediately dropped to $18. That was over $100 a year savings in 1995. So I figure I have saved at least $3,000, plus the bulbs that don’t wear out for 5 to 8 years.

[j. earl carter]

While an older customer would simply turn on the aircon when it is hot, younger customers are increasingly just opening a window

This has got to be one of the dumbest sentences I have ever read.

These kids today understand so much better than us spoiled old people. We don't realize how good we had it when we were young.

[stilloftyhenight]

I suppose the large increase in homelessness has nothing to do with it. {{{snicker}}}

[MrEdd]

Bingo.

[Candor7]

However, in the US, how is it that in four of the past five years to 2012, electricity demand has indeed fallen?>>>>>>>>>>>>>( article)>>>>>>>>>>

It’s called a major recession>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>( yours)>>>>>

And if the Obama socialist evolutionary trend is allowed to continue, we will look just like North Korea does at night
via satellite photos. A black hole in an otherwise prospering world.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

The collective and careful rationing are mentioned in this propaganda piece. Not hard to figure out where these folks are coming from.

[webheart]

CFL’s last 5 to 8 years except you can’t fricken see.

[webheart]

Older people simply turn on the aircon while young people open a window? That is just a bunch of bullcrap. Old people die instead of using air conditioning, because it costs too much. Young people don’t turn on the “aircon” because it is already on, they never turn it off. And nobody gets up from a game of Call of Duty to open up a window.

[Fresh Wind]

The new EnergyStar Telescreens make a difference.

[taildragger]

It’s called a major recession.

Tangent to this...

Spoke with an old friend days ago in the power-generation industry, i.e. those that design and make the plants. I asked are we setting ourselves up for brown-outs with taking all this coal off line? "Yep" was the answer. Those in the biz know, long term this is not good. If I understand this correct, yes we got lots of Natural Gas, but I am not sure they have the pipelines to handle the volume they will need if we get more of them with a -20 winter like we had here in the mid-west and on the east coast this year...

[kanawa]

“...demand falling and what does it mean?

Higher prices to pay for built in costs of production.