Table 8.

The difference in China's electricity consumption in 2020 with or without the pandemic (100million kwh).

Month	Simulations of ARIMA-BP	Real value of 2020	Consumption gap	Decline proportion (%)
January	6906	5805	1101	18.96%
February	5997	4398	1599	36.36%
March	6870	5493	1377	25.06%
April	7359	5572	1787	32.08%
May	7893	5926	1967	33.19%
June	7515	6350	1165	18.34%
July	6885	6824	61	0.90%
August	6979	7294	−315	−4.33%