4.5 KW per person for electrical production is national average (remember, consumption is about 40% of production).

Regional values that are higher then this represent net energy exporters (i.e. Mountain West); regional values significantly lower represent net energy importers (i.e. California/Pacific)

One of the reasons I gave this assignment was for you to realize that our fossil fuel usage in almost all regions of the US is increasing (not decreasing) as a result of large relative increases in Natural Gas. This is our energy plan, and we will discuss this more in class later.

In addition, the more you learn how to use graphical summaries the more information you can convey in a more compact form.

Examples:

But there can be quite a difference between nameplate and actual for renewable sources. Beware of this.