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2009 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

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UGI Utilities, Inc.<br />

The Electric Division of UGI Utilities, Inc. (UGI) provides electric service to<br />

62,262 customers in Northwestern Luzerne and Southern Wyoming counties in<br />

<strong>Pennsylvania</strong>. In 2008, UGI had energy sales totaling over 1 billion kilowatthours<br />

(KWH) – down 1.3 percent from 2007. Residential sales continued to dominate<br />

UGI’s market with 52.9 percent of the total sales, followed by commercial (34.3<br />

percent) and industrial (12.3 percent).<br />

Between 1993 and 2008, UGI experienced an average growth in total sales<br />

of 1.1 percent, which includes a residential growth rate of 1.0 percent, a<br />

commercial rate of 1.1 percent and an industrial rate of 1.8 percent.<br />

Over the five-year planning horizon, UGI expects energy demand to<br />

increase at an average rate of 0.8 percent. This includes an average annual<br />

increase in residential sales of 1.0 percent, a growth in commercial sales of 0.5<br />

percent per year and an industrial growth rate of 0.9 percent. See Figure 2.18.<br />

Gigawatthours<br />

Figure 2.18 UGI Utilities, Inc.<br />

Historic & Forecast Energy Demand<br />

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />

Residential Commercial Industrial<br />

Peak demand on the UGI system occurred on Jan. 16, <strong>2009</strong>, and totaled<br />

197 megawatts (MW), or 2.6 percent above the 2007-08 winter peak load of 192<br />

MW. This peak demand was only 1.0 percent higher than the peak demand<br />

experienced during the summer of 2008.<br />

Electric Power Outlook for <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> 2008-2013 57

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