U.S. electricity: winter peak load 2016

The graph depicts the electric noncoincident winter peak load in the contiguous United States between 1990/00 and 2015/16. Its 2015/16 winter peak load was around 636 gigawatts. The winter peak period is December through February of the following year.

Electric noncoincident winter peak load in the contiguous United States from 1990/00 to 2015/16 (in megawatts)

Characteristic	Noncoincident winter peak load in megawatts
2015/16	636,387
2014/15	677,005
2013/14	686,202
2012/13	618,570
2011/12	648,190
2010/11	651,418
2009/10	668,818
2008/09	643,557
2007/08	637,905
2006/07	640,981
2005/06	626,365
2000/01	588,426
1995/96	544,684
1990/91	484,231

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990/00 to 2015/16

Supplementary notes

The winter peak period is December through February of the following year. 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.
Data include the U.S. portion of NERC only.

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