ABSTRACT
While a good deal of electric load growth occurs in the United States, Europe, and other “First World” countries, the majority of T&D system expansion expected in the first third of the 21st century is in countries with rapidly developing infrastructures. In many developing nations, it is common to see electric service extended into non-electrified regions, and entire new cities built, where previously there was no development. In both cases, forecasters and planners face a forecasting situation far different from those encountered in the planning of large cities and rural regions in countries with established and stable infrastructures.
