Table 10
  RATES OF GROWTH IN ELECTRIC POWER USE, 1973-1996
 
 
                                                                                                           Difference between
                                                                              Revised index           revised and earlier indexes
                                                                                (percent)                    (percentage points)
                                                       |      1992  |                                |	       
                                                       |   Billion  |    1973-      1979-     1989-  |   1973-     1979-      1989-
                                                       |   KWH <1>  |     1979       1989      1996  |    1979      1989       1996
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   Total                                               |    934.1   |     2.4         .5       1.3   |    -.1        .0         .1 
   Utility sales to industry                           |    835.3   |     2.6         .5       1.2   |    -.2       -.1         .2 
   Industrial generation                               |     98.8   |    -1.6        1.0       2.4   |    2.8       1.7        1.1 
   Manufacturing                                       |    854.0   |     2.2         .6       1.3   |    -.1        .0         .2 
      Durable                                          |    365.8   |     1.9         .1        .6   |     .1        .0         .1 
      Nondurable                                       |    488.3   |     2.5        1.0       2.0   |    -.2       -.1         .2 
   Mining                                              |     80.1   |     5.6         .4       1.0   |    -.2        .2         .0 
   Chemicals and products   28                         |    171.7   |     2.4        -.5       1.5   |    -.5       -.5         .0 
   Primary metals   33                                 |    150.9   |     1.9       -1.8       -.6   |     .3        .1         .0 
   Paper and products   26                             |    113.3   |     3.2        2.7       1.6   |     .6        .5        -.1 
   Foods      20                                       |     58.8   |     2.7        2.4       2.6   |    -.3        .0         .1 
   Petroleum products   29                             |     47.0   |     3.5        1.9       2.9   |     .1       1.3        1.5 
   Transportation equipment   37                       |     39.6   |      .4        2.0        .6   |     .1        .3         .4 
   Rubber and plastics products   30                   |     38.0   |     4.8        3.0       4.3   |     .0       -.5         .0 
   Oil and gas extraction   13                         |     36.0   |     3.1         .5        .2   |     .2       -.1         .2 
   Stone, clay, & glass products   32                  |     33.8   |     2.7         .0       1.0   |     .0        .1         .0 
   Industrial machinery & equipment   35               |     33.2   |     3.1        1.8        .6   |     .2       -.1        -.2 
   Electrical machinery   36                           |     33.0   |     1.4        1.6       2.2   |     .1       -.3         .8 
   Textile mill products   22                          |     31.5   |      .4        1.0       1.4   |     .0        .0         .1 
   Fabricated metal products   34                      |     31.4   |     2.1        1.4       1.4   |    -.5       -.4         .2 
   Lumber and products   24                            |     19.8   |     2.3        2.0       2.5   |   -2.2      -1.2        -.1 
   Metal mining   10                                   |     18.6   |     9.3         .1       2.9   |    -.3       1.0        -.5 
   Printing and publishing   27                        |     17.3   |     2.2        4.9       2.6   |    -.7       -.2        -.1 
   Instruments   38                                    |     13.7   |     2.3        4.7        .8   |     .0        .0        1.3 
   Stone and earth minerals   14                       |     12.8   |     4.5        -.1       1.4   |    -.7        .2        -.4 
   Coal mining   12                                    |     12.7   |     7.6        1.2       -.2   |     .1       -.3         .3 
   Apparel products   23                               |      8.2   |    -1.9         .7        .0   |   -3.1      -1.7        -.5 
   Furniture and fixtures   25                         |      6.0   |     1.0        3.3       1.8   |   -1.0        .2        -.4 
   Miscellaneous manufactures   39                     |      4.5   |     2.3        1.0       4.1   |    -.6       -.1        -.6 
   Tobacco products   21                               |      1.5   |     2.5        1.9        .5   |    2.3       2.4       -3.0 
   Leather and products   31                           |      1.0   |    -2.1       -2.0      -2.5   |   -1.0      -3.0       -1.5 
 
  1. Billions of kilowatt hours sold in 1992 to each category as reported by the Bureau of the Census.
  Note- Growth rates are calculated as the average annual percent change from the first to the last period indicated. 
   1996 estimate is average through November.