Additionally, lower rates of economic growth in the 1970s and higher prices for electricity served to reduce the rate of electrical demand growth thereby reducing the pressure to add new generating capacity. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Each drop counts as electrical demand in the Southwest rises and output at Hoover Dam falls — a consequence of less water in Lake Mead. (circleofblue.org)
Iowa and Texas get higher fractions of total electrical demand met by wind power than illustrated here. (judithcurry.com)