Pocket Guide: Energy conservation

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2005 Edition
document 2004-16

Since 1980, the region has reduced electricity demand by about 2,700 average megawatts through energy conservation measures.
During the 1990s, conservation met over 25 percent of the average annual increase in the region's electricity demand.
The average cost of conservation is about 1/2 the cost of new generating resources.
2,500 average megawatts of new cost-effective conservation potential is expected to be available over the next 20 years?enough to meet about 40 percent of forecasted demand growth over this period.