Common use of Load Forecast Clause in Contracts

Load Forecast. The Load Forecast continues to predict long-term load 4 growth across all three customer sectors (refer to section 3.2 for details); 5 however, load is forecast to be lower compared to the 2013 Integrated 6 Resource Plan. For the residential and commercial sectors, the lower 8 starts. For the industrial sector, the lower forecast is due to factors including 9 delays of in service dates for several mining, LNG, and oil and gas projects, 10 reduced expectations for potential new mining and oil and gas loads given 11 current low commodity prices, the closure of Paper Excellence’s ▇▇▇▇ 12 Sound Thermo-Mechanical Pulp Facility, and a reduced outlook for the pulp 13 and paper sector;