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Article: ELECTRICITY DEMAND EXPECTED TO GROW 20.4% BY 1996 / PROJECTED NEEDS IN OKLAHOMA DOWN FROM FORECAST MADE IN 1985
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- August 6, 1987
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Oklahoma's summer peak demand for electricity is projected to grow
20.4 percent from 8,981 megawatts in 1987 to 10,817 megawatts in
1996, according to the latest study of the state's electricity
demand conducted by the public utilities division of the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission.
The study, completed in July, estimated Oklahoma's 10-year
demand for electricity would be lower than estimates made in the
1985 study. By state law, the commission must prepare the 10-year
projections every two years.
The study was compiled using information supplied by the eight
electricity-generating utilities located in Oklahoma.
The system-wide summer peak demand for electricity is projected
to ...