2010 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Figure 48 West Penn Power Company average of deviations in forecasts (%)108642IndustrialCommercialResidentialPeak Load0-2-4-6-82000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Forecast YearUGI Utilities Inc.—Electric DivisionThe Electric Division of UGI Utilities Inc. (UGI),a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, provides electricservice to 62,166 customers in NorthwesternLuzerne and Southern Wyoming counties inPennsylvania. In 2009, UGI had energy salestotaling 955 GWh—down 4.7 percent from 2008.Residential sales continued to dominate UGI’smarket with 54.2 percent of the total sales,followed by commercial (34.4 percent) and industrial (10.8 percent). Average annual use perresidential customer was 9,470 kWh at an average cost of 13.87 cents per kWh; operating revenuestotaled $136.6 million.Between 1994 and 2009, UGI experienced an average growth in total sales of 0.7 percent, whichincludes a residential growth rate of 0.7 percent, a commercial rate of 0.7 percent and an industrialrate of 0.4 percent. Over the five-year planning horizon, UGI expects energy demand to increaseat an average rate of 0.7 percent. This includes an average annual increase in residential sales of0.8 percent, and an average growth rate of 2.1 percent in industrial sales, following a 16.3 percentdrop in 2009. Commercial sales are expected to increase after 2009 and then return to the 2009level by 2014. See Figure 49.54Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission