fw ercot load comparison original message gilbert smith doug sent tuesday may 22 2001 8 38 tmartin enron com subject ercot load comparison tom answer vis vis load growth hope helps doug forwarded doug gilbert smith corp enron 05 22 2001 08 35 kevin cline enron enronxgate 05 21 2001 03 26 pm doug gilbert smith corp enron enron cc eric saibi corp enron enron subject ercot load comparison please find attached spreadsheet compares hot days may 2000 may 2001 two tabs one tab contains days may 16 18 2000 tab contains days may 14 18 2001 tab contains load data temp data particular days question days directly comparable may 17 2001 thursday may 18 2000 thursday although two days preceding may 18 2000 slightly warmer two days preceding may 17 2001 peak 5 17 2001 44 923 mw 2 78 higher peak 5 18 2000 43 709 mw similarly warm days 5 17 2001 5 18 2000 peak would obviously even higher would put year year growth excess 3 believe falls right line growth rate year year earlier analysis somewhere range 3 5 4 let know questions comments