options crt; out nerc; doc KWH 'Kilowatt Hours of Electricity Consumption -- in millions of KWH'; doc PELEC 'Price of Electricity per KWH in Constant 1972 Cents Per KWH'; doc GNP 'Gross National Product in Billions of Constant 1972 Dollars'; doc NSF 'NSF Average Annual Growth Rate Forecast, in Percentage Points,\ Using Data Up Through and Including the Current Year [1973-84]'; ?Note that the NSF variable has non-missing values only for 1973 through 1984. ?The source of the electricity data is US Department of Energy, Energy ?Information Administration, Annual Review of Energy. Updated values of these ?variables are available in the more recent editions. For 1985 and 1986, ?values of PELEC and KWH are 2.91 and 2.83 (PELEC - using the conversion rate ?of $1 in 1972 equals $2.07 in 1982), and 2310 and 2377 (KWH). Data on real ?GNP were taken from the US Department of Commerce monthly publication, ?Business Conditions Digest. Updated values are available in recent editions. load; norepl; smpl 73,84; nsf=nsf; end; noprint; freq a; smpl 51,84; load @YEAR KWH PELEC GNP NSF; 1951 330.00 3.12 579.40 . 1952 356.00 3.09 600.80 . 1953 396.00 3.01 623.60 . 1954 424.00 2.97 616.10 . 1955 497.00 2.75 657.50 . 1956 546.00 2.61 671.60 . 1957 576.00 2.57 683.80 . 1958 588.00 2.59 680.90 . 1959 647.00 2.50 721.70 . 1960 689.00 2.65 737.20 . 1961 723.00 2.63 756.60 . 1962 778.00 2.55 800.30 . 1963 833.00 2.47 832.50 . 1964 896.00 2.38 876.40 . 1965 954.00 2.29 929.30 . 1966 1035.00 2.16 984.80 . 1967 1099.00 2.09 1011.40 . 1968 1203.00 1.97 1058.10 . 1969 1314.00 1.88 1087.60 . 1970 1392.00 1.83 1085.60 . 1971 1470.00 1.84 1122.40 . 1972 1595.00 1.86 1185.90 . 1973 1712.91 1.85 1254.30 7.5 1974 1705.92 2.16 1246.30 6.7 1975 1747.09 2.32 1231.60 6.3 1976 1855.25 2.33 1298.20 5.8 1977 1948.36 2.44 1369.70 5.3 1978 2017.92 2.45 1438.60 4.8 1979 2071.10 2.44 1479.40 4.1 1980 2094.45 2.65 1474.00 3.7 1981 2147.10 2.79 1502.60 3.3 1982 2086.44 2.96 1479.98 3.2 1983 2150.96 2.92 1534.68 2.8 1984 2278.37 2.92 1639.32 2.4