Table 6
 RATES OF CHANGE IN ELECTRIC POWER USE: 1999-2003 <1>
 
 
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                                                   |                                         |           Difference between
                                                   |              Revised rate               |        revised and earlier rates
                                                   |                (percent)                |           (percentage points)
 Item                                              |    1999    2000    2001    2002    2003 |    1999    2000    2001    2002    2003
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  Total Industry                                   |    2.2     1.0    -7.7      .5    -5.8  |    1.1     3.0     1.6     -.2     1.5 
                                                   |                                         |
  Manufacturing        2                           |    2.6     1.2    -8.0      .9    -5.8  |    1.2     3.2     1.7     -.2     1.8 
     Durable                                       |    3.0     -.1    -8.3     2.2    -7.1  |    1.3     3.2     1.9     -.8     2.7 
     Nondurable                                    |    2.2     2.4    -7.9     -.1    -4.8  |    1.2     3.3     1.6      .2     1.0 
                                                   |                                         |
  Mining                                           |   -3.1    -2.7    -3.2    -4.7    -5.2  |     .0     -.1      .1      .1    -2.8 
                                                   |                                         |
  Total ex. nuclear nondefense                     |    2.3      .2    -6.7      .4    -5.8  |    1.1     3.2     1.6     -.4     1.9 
  Utility sales to industry                        |    1.9      .6    -8.5      .4    -6.3  |    1.0     2.9     1.5     -.5     3.3 
  Industrial generation                            |    5.9     9.1      .2     2.1    -1.8  |    1.2     3.8     1.9     1.5     2.6 
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 Note: Estimates for the third quarter of 2003 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
 <1> Rates of change are calculated as the percent change in the seasonally adjusted index from the fourth quarter of the
     previous year to the fourth quarter of the year specified in the column heading.  For 2003, the rates are
     calculated from the fourth quarter of 2002 to the second quarter of 2003 and annualized.