Local Economy Gets Better

Electricity use is closely tied to the state of the economy, and I'm pleased to announce some very positive news based on EWEB's First Quarter 2012 sales figures. Total retail consumption increased by 2%, over 2011 consumption. Residential consumption was up 1% from Q1 of last year. General Service and industrial sales, with the exception of Hynix, were up by 3.1% and are at the highest level since 2008.