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<br />Or.-. l! <br />d .L...L :~ ~ <br /> <br />of electrical energy in the United States, illld the alarming prospect <br /> <br />that this growth represents in adverse environmental effects. <br /> <br />Mr. Charles F. Luce, Chairman of the Board of Consolidated Edison Com- <br /> <br />pany, in a talk at Indiana University of Pennsylvilllia, October 19, 1970, <br /> <br />stated, 'TIationally, population growth has dropped to about 1 percent <br /> <br />per year, but electric loads are still going up about 8 percent per <br /> <br />year. Even if we achieved zero population growth, the demand for <br /> <br />energy would continue approximately to double every decade. " The <br /> <br />conservationists advocate action to slow this great expilllsion in use of <br /> <br />electrical energy so that construction of powerplants could be reduced. <br /> <br />This alternative involves major considerations of national import. <br /> <br />Consumption of electrical energy in the United States by class of custo- <br /> <br />mer in 1968 was approximate as fOllows:~/ <br /> <br /> Millions of <br /> Percent KWH <br />Residential 33 380,460 <br />Commercial 22 257,405 <br />Industrial 45 519,145 <br /> <br />This breakdown of electric energy consumption points out the complex <br /> <br />factors that would be encountered by limitations in electricity. Some <br /> <br />industrial leaders share public concern about encouragement of consump- <br /> <br />tion. The Chairman of the Board of Consolidated Edison, in the talk <br /> <br />referenced above, stated, in talking of the problems facing the utility <br /> <br />industry, "But I believe that the problems also must be approached from <br /> <br />the other end--from the consumer's end--and that a National policy of <br /> <br />electric energy conservation will become necessary. " <br /> <br />41 <br />