Each investor-owned utility (IOU) in South Carolina is required to submit an integrated resource plan (IRP) every three years to the Public Service Commission describing how they will provide electricity to their customers for the next 15 years. The tables below present the growth rate that is used to develop the forecast and the forecast that is in the IRPs for the IOUs and Santee Cooper.
Table 1
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Growth Rate, %
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Utility
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Summer
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Winter
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Duke Energy Carolinas |
1.0
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0.9
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Duke Energy Progress |
0.8
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0.7
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SCE&G |
1.2
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0.8
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Santee Cooper |
0.6
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0.6
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