Is Urbanisation Rate a Feasible Supplemental Parameter in Forecasting Electricity Consumption in China?

Table 1

Historical data of electricity consumption, GDP, and urbanisation rate in Shaanxi province from 2000 to 2013.

Year	Electricity consumption (108 Wh)					GDP (CNY in billion)	Urbanisation rate (%)
	Total	1st	2nd	3rd	Household
2000	292.76	22.90	198.44	38.11	33.31	180.4	32.27
2001	321.54	25.11	214.87	45.81	35.77	201.1	33.62
2002	355.97	26.45	237.51	52.12	39.89	225.3	34.63
2003	393.68	35.84	266.97	56.97	43.91	258.8	35.54
2004	477.03	28.70	334.60	66.02	47.71	317.6	36.35
2005	516.00	31.10	358.09	71.46	55.35	393.4	37.24
2006	580.72	34.39	406.03	78.25	62.06	474.4	39.12
2007	653.69	36.02	463.61	88.72	65.76	575.7	40.61
2008	708.02	37.64	497.65	97.33	75.41	731.5	42.09
2009	740.11	38.09	504.34	108.30	89.38	817.0	43.49
2010	859.22	39.13	589.51	116.25	112.38	1012.3	45.70
2011	982.47	42.54	678.49	131.45	129.99	1251.2	47.29
2012	1066.75	42.65	724.08	151.85	148.16	1445.4	50.02
2013	1152.22	45.29	773.54	168.69	164.70	1604.5	51.31

Note: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd refer to primary/secondary/tertiary industries, respectively.