ELECTRICITY SECTOR OVERVIEW  (from  2000)
  2000 2001 2002 2003            
GENERATION  SRI LANKA (GWh)                    
HYDRO, CEB AND SPP 3,197.0 3,109.6 2,692.1 3,310.3            
THERMAL, CEB, IPP AND HIRED 3,512.5 3,424.4 4,135.6 4,389.2            
NON-CONVENTIONAL, CEB 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4            
SELF-GENERATION BY CUSTOMERS 166.7 106.7 140.8 N.A            
OFF-GRID, CONVENTIONAL 82.4 129.5 105.1 16.7            
OFF-GRID, NON-CONVENTIONAL 8.2 9.0 9.7 10.9            
GROSS GENERATION SRI LANKA 6,970.2 6,782.7 7,087.0 7,730.5            
 
TOTAL LOSSES IN SRI LANKA                    
POWER PLANT OWN USE (GWh) 93.3 80.5 76.9 86.1            
T&D LOSS (GWh) 1,433.9 1,281.2 1,302.1 1,456.7            
TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (GWh) 1,527.1 1,361.7 1,379.0 1,542.7            
TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (% OF GROSS GEN) 22.7% 20.8% 20.2% 20.0%            
 
TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE  (CEB +LECO+SELF+OFFGRID)(GWh)        
DOMESTIC 2,061.5 2,129.6 2,157.1 2,395.8            
RELIGIOUS 37.4 36.8 37.0 42.1            
INDUSTRIAL 2,202.6 2,147.9 2,310.6 2,433.9            
COMMERCIAL 1,073.2 999.7 1,069.7 1,211.5            
STREET LIGHTING 68.1 106.9 133.3 103.3            
TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE SRI LANKA (GWh) 5,442.9 5,421.0 5,707.6 6,186.6            
 
FUEL USED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION                    
FUEL OIL (million litres) 248.8 256.2 241.4 193.7            
COAL                    
RESIDUAL FUEL  (million litres) 297.8 276.5 303.7 302.8            
DIESEL (Million litres) 526.6 434.4 530.7 335.2            
NAPHTHA  (million litres)   44.8 79.2 144.9            
 
TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY IN THE GRID (MW) 1,838.2 1,999.5 2,286.3 2,537.9            
SYSTEM PEAK DEMAND (MW) 1,404.7 1,444.2 1,421.8 1,515.6            
SYSTEM LOAD FACTOR 54.6% 51.7% 54.8% 58.0%            
SYSTEM RESERVE MARGIN 30.9% 38.5% 60.8% 67.5%