Table 8
RATES OF GROWTH IN ELECTRIC POWER USE, 1995-1999 <1>
Difference between
Revised growth rate revised and earlier growth rates
(percent) (percentage points)
Item | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 | 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Total | -.8 1.5 1.2 -.9 -2.9 | .0 .1 .2 -.6 .5
| |
Manufacturing | -.9 1.4 1.3 -.9 -3.0 | .0 .1 .2 -.6 .5
| |
Durable | .5 -.3 4.7 -1.2 -.1 | .0 -.1 1.6 -1.3 .4
| |
Lumber and products 24 | 1.5 4.1 3.4 1.7 1.5 | .0 -.2 3.6 -1.4 .3
Furniture and fixtures 25 | -3.7 4.2 1.6 .6 4.0 | -.1 -.1 .2 .4 1.7
Stone, clay, & glass products 32 | .2 3.5 1.5 2.6 -.8 | .0 .1 .8 .0 1.3
Primary metals 33 | 1.5 -3.8 6.7 -3.8 .0 | -.1 .0 2.6 -2.4 .2
Fabricated metal products 34 | .1 3.7 4.6 -1.2 -.2 | .0 .0 1.5 -.8 -.5
Industrial machinery | |
and equipment 35 | .5 1.3 4.2 1.0 -2.2 | .1 -.1 1.2 -2.5 -.8
Electrical machinery 36 | 1.4 2.4 3.0 -2.0 -4.4 | -.1 -.1 .7 -.9 .6
Transportation equipment 37 | -1.9 -.7 5.6 -.8 2.9 | .1 -.3 .4 -.8 .9
Instruments 38 | .4 -2.9 1.0 3.8 .1 | .0 -.1 .4 2.2 2.0
Miscellaneous manufactures 39 | -4.8 7.2 2.1 8.3 7.4 | -.1 .3 1.8 6.5 -1.6
| |
Nondurable | -2.0 2.8 -1.4 -.7 -5.4 | .0 .2 -.9 .1 .6
| |
Foods 20 | 2.5 1.7 3.3 2.3 -3.2 | .0 .0 1.1 -.1 -.4
Tobacco products 21 | 6.4 .0 .7 -1.7 -6.3 | .1 .2 .2 .0 -1.5
Textile mill products 22 | -3.3 2.7 3.2 -1.4 -3.6 | .0 -.2 1.1 -3.3 .4
Apparel products 23 | -6.3 -1.8 -1.7 -3.4 -9.1 | .0 .0 .2 -1.0 1.7
Paper and products 26 | -.3 1.1 2.4 -.8 -.3 | .3 .7 .2 .8 3.1
Printing and publishing 27 | .6 .8 2.9 2.2 -5.0 | -.1 .0 -.1 .3 .2
Chemicals and products 28 | -6.5 6.0 -5.6 -2.3 -11.8 | -.1 .3 -1.5 .2 .4
Petroleum products 29 | 7.4 -3.2 -3.4 -1.2 .9 | .1 .1 -5.9 1.8 -.5
Rubber and plastics products 30 | -.5 3.3 1.9 3.6 .9 | .0 -.2 1.3 -1.2 -.2
Leather and products 31 | -9.3 -1.5 -1.3 -3.8 -6.0 | -.1 -.1 .3 -.8 .9
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Mining | 1.1 3.0 -.2 -.6 -1.0 | .0 .2 .2 -.9 1.1
| |
Metal mining 10 | 8.3 2.6 .4 -.1 -2.2 | -.1 .1 -.1 -.1 2.2
Coal mining 12 | -1.3 .0 .0 1.0 -1.7 | .0 .0 .7 -.6 .6
Oil and gas extraction 13 | -5.0 4.5 1.5 -6.6 2.2 | .0 .1 .5 -1.3 -.5
Stone and earth minerals 14 | 6.0 4.4 -4.8 9.5 -4.1 | .3 .7 -.6 -2.0 2.9
| |
SUPPLEMENTARY GROUPS | |
| |
Total, excluding nuclear nondefense | .6 1.0 2.4 -1.3 -.9 | .0 .1 .2 -.6 .5
Utility sales to industry | -1.1 2.1 1.2 -.8 -2.9 | .0 .1 .2 -.6 .4
Industrial generation | 4.8 -5.7 .7 -1.9 3.9 | .0 .0 -.1 -.7 .7
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<1> Growth rates 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 1999, the growth rates are
calculated from the fourth quarter of 1998 to the third quarter of 1999 and annualized.