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Rafael FriedmannHousehold Lighting in Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico 2815 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA Michael Nixon 868 Shrader Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA Abstract The results of a survey undertaken in the summer of 1992 in the homes of Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico are shown. We found a significant evening peak for household lighting demand. Lighting fixtures and bulb wattage vary between both cities and levels of household electric consumption. Lighting accounts for at least 14% of electricity demand in Monterrey and Guadalajara homes. For both cities, peak residential lighting demand could be reduced by about 207 MW between 8 pm and 9 pm. Extrapolating survey results to the rest of Mexico shows that by the year 2000, a residential program promoting compact fluorescent lamps could reduce peak lighting demand by about 3.6 GW between 8 pm and 9 pm.
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