Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown, electricity load declined across all seven independent system operators in the United States between March and June 2020. The sharpest decline was noted in May 2020, when electricity load was 7.5 percent lower than during the same month the previous year.
Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020*
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The Brattle Group. (July 9, 2020). Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/
The Brattle Group. "Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020*." Chart. July 9, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/
The Brattle Group. (2020). Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/
The Brattle Group. "Electricity Load Decline of Independent System Operators Due to Coronavirus Pandemic in The United States from February to June 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/
The Brattle Group, Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Electricity load decline of independent system operators due to coronavirus pandemic in the United States from February to June 2020* [Graph], The Brattle Group, July 9, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1147931/electricity-load-change-us/