Economy, new wind capacity, boost outlook for summer reliability picture, NERC reports

摘要

The economic recession will drive a “broad decline” innpeak demand in North America this summer, with anreduction of nearly 15 GW now projected by the NorthnAmerican Electric Reliability Corp. in its annual summernassessment.nFactoring in a 2.3% year-to-year increase in capacitynresources, NERC said summer peak reserve margins should benabout 4.7 percentage points higher in 2009.