Nope. It's projected to ACTUALLY fall, as the article makes quite clear, if you simply read the third paragraph: Over the next decade, experts expect residen

Nope. It's projected to ACTUALLY fall, as the article makes quite clear, if you simply read the third paragraph: Over the next decade, experts expect residential power use to fall, reversing an upward trend that has been almost uninterrupted since Thomas Edison invented the modern light bulb. Or, read further down for the actual numbers: From 1980 to 2000, residential power demand grew by about 2.5 percent a year. From 2000 to 2010, the growth rate slowed to 2 percent. Over the next 10 years, demand is expected to decline by about 0.5 percent a year, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit group funded by the utility industry.