U.S. power companies generated a net47.47 billion kilowatt-hours of electrical energy in the week
ended March 21, up 2.4 pct from 46.36 billion a year earlier,
the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) said.
    In its weekly report on electric output, the electric
utility trade association said electric output in the week
ended March 14 was 48.31 billion kilowatt-hours.
    The EEI said power production in the 52 weeks ended March
21 was 2,557.44 billion kilowatt hours, up 2.1 pct from the
year-ago period.
    Electric output so far this year was 602.26 billion
kilowatt hours, up 2.2 pct from 589.51 billion last year, the
EEI said.
 Reuter
