draft report to independent pricing and regulatory tribunal of nsw the review demand forecasts for 2004 electricity network december 2003 m a mclennan magasanik associates pty ltd 242 ferrars street south melbourne vic 3205 tel 03 9699 3977 fax 9690 9881 email mma mmassociates com au website www j1068 i table contents executive summary 1 introduction 2 methodology 3 request information initial 4 confidentiality 5 period currency data 6 sectors forecast historical 7 residential business sector 9 key drivers 11 demographics applicance usage per customer 15 economic factors 18 price impacts 23 weather 27 major new developments 30 management measures 31 32 approach numbers average annual 33