Originally posted by Tripledoc
Ok. There has been a general demand in electic power all over the Us in recent years. This has to do with:
a) the scandal that many elderly people have in the recent summers died from heat exposeure.
b) the subsequent demand for air conditioners, which swallows huge amounts of energy.
c) the demogaphic development which means a need for more air conditioners for the elderly, and the rise in single person households.
d) the general effects of Global Warming.
Ok. There has been a general demand in electic power all over the Us in recent years. This has to do with:
a) the scandal that many elderly people have in the recent summers died from heat exposeure.
b) the subsequent demand for air conditioners, which swallows huge amounts of energy.
c) the demogaphic development which means a need for more air conditioners for the elderly, and the rise in single person households.
d) the general effects of Global Warming.

(c) This has little to do with load growth anywhere in the US - most load growth in the last 20-30 years has been a combination of economic displacement and movement, followed by general commercial rate class growth, followed by new residential expansion - industrial loads, ag loads, and expansion of existing residential loads have been much smaller factors, particularly with the trend in housing replacements towards more efficient appliances and elimination of all-electric residential designs.
(d) To the extent that global warming has effected utility issues, the effects have been on fuel oil and gas prices, not electical supply. Economic activity, aging of existing resource base and population migration has had a far far higher effect on electirical supply.
Oh, and BTW, Cheney, who I can't stand, had no significant interest in California's electrical restructuring, and neither he nor Halliburton had any role to speak of in the process or it's aftermath.
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