WEEKLY ELECTRIC OUTPUT UP 11.1 PCT FROM 1986
U.S. power companies generated a net
47.68 billion kilowatt-hours of electrical energy in the week
ended April four, up 11.1 pct from 42.91 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 28 was 45.56 billion kilowatt-hours.
    The EEI said power production in the 52 weeks ended April
four was 2,563.61 billion kilowatt hours, up 2.4 pct from the
year-ago period.
    Electric output so far this year was 695.50 billion
kilowatt hours, up 2.8 pct from 676.58 billion last year, the
EEI said.
 Reuter
