Electricity Generation and Distribution, 1966 to 1980

in '000 kilowatt hours	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
Maximum Installed Capacity of Plants (KW)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12,100	14,700	14,700	14,600	14,788	12,600
Total Generated (kWh '000)	7,714	..	..	..	16 933	24,520	30,198	35,048	38,110	39,749	44,853	49,880	56,656	60,750	58,364
USAGE
Domestic Consumers (No.)	4,020	..	..	..	6,970	8,426	9,937	9,823	10,303	10,865	10,963	11,540	12,412	13,256	13,381
Domestic Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	1,986	..	..	..	4,592	5,702	6,919	8,271	8,603	8,674	9,217	8,047	11,320	12,980	12,112
Commercial Consumers (No.)	347	..	..	..	835	960	1,056	1,024	1,157	1,214	1,230	1,426	1,475	1,519	1,573
Commercial Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	2,591	..	..	..	6,221	10,884	14,205	17,795	18,372	17,558	18,992	21,759	24,181	27,760	25,778
Industrial Consumers (No.)	26	..	..	..	43	45	56	56	60	63	62	69	69	71	68
Industrial Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	1,975	..	..	..	3,012	3,138	3,776	3,805	4,968	5,686	6,246	6,725	7,708	7,940	7,157
Street Lighting (Qty)	..	..	..	..	278*	348*	390*	443*	490*	714*	723*	758*	795*	900*	959*
Loss In Transmission (Qty)	..	..	..	..	2,830*	3,532*	3,874*	3,346*	3,693*	5,716*	7,126*	8,548*	9,962*	8,390*	9,617*
Internal Use (Qty)	..	..	..	..	…	916*	1034*	1,308*	1,791*	2,373*	2,549*	2,443*	2,689*	2,780*	2,740*
Revenue ('000 $)	..	..	..	..	1,301	1,753	2,360	3,163	4,735 (1)	4,801 (1)	6,682 (1)	8,310 (1)	9,277 (1)	12,940 (1)	16,600 (1)
Note: Commercial includes Hotels
(1) data includes Surcharge
* in kilowatt hours
.. Not available for a specific reference period
Source: Saint Lucia Electricity Services Ltd.