OPERATING STATISTICS 2006 - 2015

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Generating Plant (kW)
Available Capacity 88,400 88,400 86,200 86,200 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 76,000 65,800
Firm Capacity 66,900 66,900 55,600 55,600 55,600 55,600 55,600 55,600 55,600 46,300
Peak Demand 59,000 57,200 59,700 59,800 60,300 59,200 55,900 54,100 52,700 49,800
Percentage growth in peak demand 3.1% -4.2% -0.2% -0.8% 1.9% 5.9% 3.3% 2.7% 5.8% 1.2%

Sales (kWh x 1000)

Domestic 116,133 111,922 112,743 112,272 113,505 113,757 107,820 103,214 104,784 101,635
Commercial (including Hotels) 192,442 191,294 193,199 192,847 190,846 188,640 178,518 170,624 168,151 160,895
Industrial 17,999 17,673 17,624 17,679 18,761 18,373 19,002 18,626 15,789 12,982
Street Lighting 10,966 11,050 10,913 10,526 10,263 9,959 9,741 9,510 9,117 8,886
Total Sales 337,540 331,939 334,479 333,324 333,375 330,729 315,081 301,975 297,841 284,398

Power Station and Office Use (kWh x 1000) 13,715 13,918 14,706 14,511 14,599 14,127 14,312 14,256 13,185 13,071
Losses (kWh x 1000) 30,013 33,574 33,791 36,948 37,234 36,033 33,597 36,105 34,672 33,291
Units Generated (kWh x 1000) 381,268 379,431 382,976 384,783 385,208 380,889 362,990 352,335 345,698 330,760

Percentage growth in units generated 0.5% -0.9% -0.5% -0.1% 1.1% 4.9% 3.0% 1.9% 4.5% 2.2%
Percentage growth in sales 1.7% -0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.8% 5.0% 4.3% 1.4% 4.7% 2.5%
Percentage Losses (excl. prior year sales adjs.) 7.9% 8.8% 8.8% 9.6% 9.7% 9.5% 9.3% 10.2% 10.0% 10.1%

Number of Consumers at Year End

Domestic 59,766 59,790 58,648 55,110 54,415 53,566 52,986 51,444 50,163 48,697
Commercial (Including Hotels) 7,128 7,193 7,096 6,629 6,641 6,557 6,479 6,169 5,938 5,714
Industrial 98 98 98 100 101 100 100 98 101 95
Street Lighting (accounts) 19 19 20 10 9 9 7 7 7 3*
67,011 67,100 65,862 61,849 61,166 60,232 59,572 57,718 56,209 54,509
Percentage growth -0.1% 1.9% 6.5% 1.1% 1.6% 1.1% 3.2% 2.7% 3.1% 2.8%
* At their request the accounts of the Government of St. Lucia was rationalised from 15 to 2 and this total includes one other entity
Average Annual Consumption
Per Customer (kWh)
Domestic 1,943 1,872 1,922 2,037 2,086 2,124 2,035 2,006 2,089 2,087
Commercial (including Hotels) 26,998 26,594 27,226 29,091 28,738 28,769 27,553 27,658 28,318 28,158
Industrial 183,663 180,337 179,837 176,790 185,752 183,730 190,024 190,065 156,327 136,653

Diesel fuel consumed (Imp. Gall.) 19,612,984 19,402,934 19,448,764 19,541,743 19,712,324 19,561,441 18,256,739 17,870,149 17,729,217 17,009,188