A computer model for examining regional peak electric load growth
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چکیده
One of the critical factors affecting the electric utility and electrical manufacturing industries is the forecast of the long-term demand for electricity. Superficial forecasts based on either past time trends or very broad based factors for the entire United States do not provide sufficient confidence for long-range planning. This effort is an attempt to examine the basic factors in the U. S. which create the demand for electricity. Equally, or possibly even more important, is the examination of the sensitivity of the forecast to the basic driving factors. Through this sensitivity analysis, which relates the changes in input assumptions to output changes, the reasonableness of other forecasts can be established.
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