​​This report by NRECA’s Business & Technology Strategies (BTS) group seeks to provide a high-level summary of trends in the U.S electric industry using recent projections produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA). The report supplements these projections with Cooperative Focus subsections specifically on electric cooperatives, as well as Issue in Focus sections on two major topics impacting the industry: the growth in large commercial and industrial loads that are projected to accelerate demand for electricity, and changes in the U.S. natural gas markets that will have a major impact on the electric industry.