Summer peak load for Western U.S. 2015

The statistic represents the electric noncoincident summer peak load for the Western Electricity Coordinating Council in the United States between 1999 and 2015. In 2014, WECC had a noncoincident summer peak load of around 127 gigawatts.

Electric noncoincident summer peak load for the U.S. WECC* region from 1990 to 2015 (in megawatts)

Characteristic	Noncoincident summer peak load in megawatts
2015	131,072
2014	127,092
2013	132,875
2012	130,465
2011	119,565
2010	129,352
2009	128,245
2008	134,829
2007	139,389
2006	142,096
2005	130,760
2000	114,602
1995	103,592
1990	97,389

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2015

Supplementary notes

WECC was renamed from WSCC in 2002.
The summer peak period is June through September. Noncoincident peak load is the sum of two or more peak loads on individual systems that do not occur at the same time interval. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
The abbreviation WECC stands for Western Electricity Coordinating Council. WECC's territory extends from Canada to Mexico, including the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico, and all or portions of the 14 Western states between.
Data include the U.S. portion of NERC only.

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