US power generation rises 13.9% on year to 92,697 GWh: EEI

US power generation rises 13.9% on year to 92,697 GWh: EEI

Washington (Platts)--3Aug2005

US utilities generated 92,697 GWh in the week ending July 30, a 13.9% increase
over generation during the same period a year earlier, the Edison Electric
Institute said Wednesday. In the corresponding week in 2004, a total of 81,391
GWh was generated, it said. The weekly total was 2,562 GWh, or 2.69%, below
the 95,259 GWh and all-time weekly record the sector generated in the week
ending July 23. 

The largest rise in output was reported for the second week running in the
Central Industrial region, where output rose 22.1% to 15,951 GWh compared with
the same period in 2004 while in the West Central region, generation rose
16.6% compared with a year earlier to 7,661 GWh. Power generation for the week
only fell on the year in one region, the Pacific Northwest, where a total of
2,609 GWh was generated in the week, 1.6% below the year-ago period. EEI
numbers are based on generation from investor-owned utilities, cooperatives
and government-owned utilities.

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