The characteristics of electricity consumption and maximum electrical load,and their relationships with meteorological elements were analyzed by calculating the change rate of daily electricity consumption (〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗ml) and maximum electrical load (〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗mh) in Huzhou City,China from 2006 to 2008.This paper emphatically introduced the effects of mean temperature,minimum temperature and maximum temperature on the electricity consumption and maximum electrical load,and established the forecast model of electricity consumption and maximum electrical load.Results show that the daily electricity consumption and maximum electrical load have interannual variation characteristics and increasing trends from 2006 to 2008,but with obvious monthly differences.The effects of different meteorological elements on electricity consumption and maximum electrical load are different in each month,and the relations between 〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗ml(〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗mh)and meteorological elements are significantly from June to October.In different temperature range,the influences of temperature on electricity consumption and maximum electrical load are different,and the electricity consumption and maximum electrical load have maximum change rate of 20%.The values of 〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗ml〖WTB1X〗 〖WTB1〗and 〖WTB1X〗l〖WTB1〗mh can reach 2%—5% when temperature increases 1 ℃ in July and August.