Electricity Generation and Distribution, 1981 to 1995 - The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia

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Electricity Generation and Distribution, 1981 to 1995

in '000 kilowatt hours	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Maximum Installed Capacity of Plants (KW)	14,210	16,212	16,240	16,000	17,700	20,150	20,670	25,110	25,110	37,710	35,910	33,960	32,900	40,200	44,500
Total Generated (kWh '000)	65,608	68,987	72,873	75,004	77,988	88,438	107,130	120,913	124,657	125,428	139,679	152,133	170,432	180,679	196,574
USAGE
Domestic Consumers (No.)	13,885	14,314	14,828	14,627	15,633	17,122	18,880	20,423	21,804	23,754	26,817	26,593	28,333	30,166	31,858
Domestic Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	13,511	14,297	15,959	17,664	19,291	21,932	26,298	31,219	34,531	36,354	42,113	47,449	52,442	56,025	62,668
Commercial Consumers (No.)	1,596	1,726	1,812	1,828	2,889	3,011	3,153	3,293	3,470	3,616	4,270	3,957	4,183	4,444	4,697
Commercial Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	23,762	24,376	26,575	28,133	30,025	33,997	41,049	44,083	46,953	54,027	58,797	64,976	74,576	78,802	85,683
Industrial Consumers (No.)	72	88	103	109	103	103	117	114	115	118	145	133	131	134	141
Industrial Usage(in '000 kilowatt hours)	7,551	6,133	6,763	7,522	7,378	7,813	9,559	10,978	11,471	13,041	12,243	11,412	12,541	13,160	12,697
Street Lighting (Qty)	1,026*	1,035*	992*	1,058*	1,096*	1,080*	1,107*	1,131*	1,249*	1,333	1,448	1,674	1,907	2,122	2,282
Loss In Transmission (Qty)	13,073*	14,732*	13,794*	11,456*	10,411*	12,472*	11,101*	12,907*	15,903*	15,140	19,525	21,204	22,681	23,880	25,171
Internal Use (Qty)	3,027*	3,282*	3,904*	3,870*	3,367*	3,646*	4,085*	4,002*	4,470*	5,533	5,553	5,418	6,285	6,691	8,073
Revenue ('000 $)	19,290	22,577 (1)	23,693	26,808	27,795	26,625	32,320	28,815	41,655	48,062	52,108	60,859	67,898	69,630	79,932
Note: Commercial includes Hotels
(1) data includes Surcharge
* in kilowatt hours
Source: Saint Lucia Electricity Services Ltd.