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US electricity sales called to edge higher this year, hold flat in 2019

Retail electricity sales in the U.S. are projected to rise 210,000 MWh per day to reach an average 10.3 million MWh/d this year and hold relatively flat through 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest "Short-Term Energy Outlook" released June 12 shows.

Of the 2018 total power sales, 3.93 million MWh/d will go to residential customers, 3.73 million MWh/d will go to commercial customers and 2.62 million MWh/d will go to industrial customers.

The agency projects power production will average 11.24 million MWh/d this year and 11.22 million MWh/d in 2019.

Coal will account for 28% of the country's power generation this year, natural gas will supply 32% and nuclear generation will provide about 20%.

"Nonhydropower renewables provided slightly less than 10% of electricity generation in 2017 and are expected to provide more than 10% in 2018 and nearly 11% in 2019. The generation share of hydropower was 7% in 2017 and is forecast to be about the same in 2018 and 2019," the EIA said in the latest outlook.

Dropping 0.9% in 2017, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions are seen increasing 1.1% this year and by another 0.2% in 2019, depending on changes in weather, economic growth, energy prices and the fuel mix.