Figure 23 PECO Energy Company energy demand (GWh) 44,000 43,000 Historic Forecasts 2009 42,000 41,000 2010 40,000 2011 39,000 38,000 37,000 36,000 35,000 34,000 33,000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Figure 24 PECO Energy Company peak load (MW) 9,700 Historic 9,500 9,300 9,100 8,900 8,700 8,500 8,300 8,100 7,900 7,700 7,500 7,300 Forecasts 2009 2011 2010 7,100 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>Outlook</strong> for <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> 2010-15 39
West Penn <strong>Power</strong> Company West Penn <strong>Power</strong> Company (West Penn), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, provides service to 716,115 electric utility customers in all or portions of 24 counties in Western, North and South Central <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>. In 2010, West Penn had total retail energy sales of 20,819 GWh—up 3.8 percent from 2009. Industrial sales continued to dominate West Penn's market with 36.6 percent of the total sales, followed by residential (35.6 percent) and commercial (23.9 percent). Average annual use per residential customer was 11,947 kWh at an average cost of 9.22 cents per kWh; operating revenues totaled $1.57 billion. The current five-year projection of growth in energy demand is 0.7 percent. This includes a commercial rate of 1.0 percent and an industrial rate of 1.8 percent. Residential sales are expected to drop 3.5 percent in 2011 and remain relatively flat through 2015. See Figure 25. West Penn's summer peak load, occurring on July 23, 2010, was 3,838 MW, representing an increase of 4.7 percent from last year's summer peak of 3,667 MW. The 2010-11 winter peak load was 3,988 MW or 13.5 percent higher than the previous year's winter peak of 3,513 MW. The actual average annual peak load growth rate over the past 15 years was 1.1 percent. West Penn's load forecast scenario shows the peak load increasing from 3,838 MW in summer 2010 to 3,928 MW in 2015, or an average annual growth rate of 0.5 percent. The current forecast for 2011 is 2 MW higher than the previous forecast. See Figure 26. Tables A25-A28 in Appendix A provide West Penn’s forecasts of peak load and residential, commercial and industrial energy demand, filed with the <strong>Commission</strong> in years 2001 through 2011. In 2010, West Penn purchased 923 GWh from cogeneration and independent power production facilities, or 4.1 percent of net energy for load. Contract capacity for these facilities was 125 MW. For Calendar Year 2010, 17 EGSs sold a total of 517 GWh to retail customers in West Penn’s service territory or 2.5 percent of total consumption. On the summer peak day, EGSs represented a load of 63 MW, or 1.6 percent of the total. West Penn and its affiliate, TrAILCo, have identified several transmission line projects under construction or planned from 2011 through 2016 totaling 132 miles of 138-kV and 500-kV circuits at an estimated cost of $117 million. West Penn’s Energy Efficiency & Conservation Plan 58 includes 22 energy efficiency and demand response programs estimated to meet or exceed the reduction targets of 628 GWh and 157 MW at a total cost of $94.2 million. 58 Docket No. M-2009-2093218. 40 <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Utility</strong> <strong>Commission</strong>