Meanwhile, annual average residential electricity rates will fall slightly from $0.116 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in 2009 to $0.115 cents in 2010, before climbing again to $0.117 in 2011.
A cold January in much of the country increased electricity consumption relative to the early part of 2009. But forecasts calling for below-normal summer temperatures in the US should limit electricity sales growth to 1.9%
