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From the GDP forecast, the generation per capita for future years has been calculated and the figures obtained are in close agreement with those calculated directly from population statistics (in Table 2).
Table 3
Generation Per Capita
By Projection of Generation per Capita
1977
1975
1981
2460
1986
3130
By Projection of GDP per Capita
1954
2469
3088
(d) Forecasts
By using the generation per capita statistics and relating them to the trend of annual load factor (estimated as approx. 55.9% in the 1980's) CLP calculated the maximum demand and generation forecasts, presented in
their medium forecast below :
Table 4
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CLP's Medium Forecast
Units Generated
Maximum Demand
Financial
Million
•
Year
MW
Units
Growth
Growth
1977
6419
8.8
1328
7.8
1978
6936
8.1
1428
7.5
1979
7493
8.0
1535
7.5
1980
8092
8.0
1653
7.7
1981
8735
7.9
1783
7.9
1982
9424
7.9
1924
7.9
1983
10156
7.8
2074
7.9
1984
10894
7.3
2225
7.8
1985
11638
6.8
2377
7.3
1986
12404
6.6
2533
6.8
1987
13190
6.3
2693
6.6
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