| ELECTRICITY SECTOR OVERVIEW (from 2000) | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| GENERATION SRI LANKA (GWh) | ||||||||||
| HYDRO, CEB AND SPP | 3,197.0 | 3,109.6 | 2,692.1 | 3,310.3 | 2,960.3 | 3,500.0 | 4,634.2 | 3,946.9 | ||
| THERMAL, CEB, IPP AND HIRED | 3,512.5 | 3,424.4 | 4,135.6 | 4,389.2 | 5,104.6 | 5,341.6 | 4,806.8 | 5,895.9 | ||
| NON-CONVENTIONAL, CEB | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| SELF-GENERATION BY CUSTOMERS | 166.7 | 106.7 | 140.8 | N.A | 115.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| OFF-GRID, CONVENTIONAL | 82.4 | 129.5 | 105.1 | 16.7 | 39.2 | 40.1 | 40.1 | 40.1 | ||
| OFF-GRID, NON-CONVENTIONAL | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 15.8 | ||
| GROSS GENERATION SRI LANKA | 6,970.2 | 6,782.7 | 7,087.0 | 7,730.5 | 8,234.0 | 8,897.7 | 9,498.0 | 9,901.0 | ||
| TOTAL LOSSES IN SRI LANKA | ||||||||||
| POWER PLANT OWN USE (GWh) | 93.3 | 80.5 | 76.9 | 86.1 | 107.1 | 91.7 | 118.0 | 147.1 | ||
| T&D LOSS (GWh) | 1,433.9 | 1,281.2 | 1,302.1 | 1,456.7 | 1,363.4 | 1,553.2 | 1,560.7 | 1,560.6 | ||
| TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (GWh) | 1,527.1 | 1,361.7 | 1,379.0 | 1,542.7 | 1,470.5 | 1,644.9 | 1,678.6 | 1,707.7 | ||
| TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (% OF GROSS GEN) | 22.7% | 20.8% | 20.2% | 20.0% | 18.2% | 18.6% | 17.8% | 17.3% | ||
| TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE (CEB +LECO+SELF+OFFGRID)(GWh) | ||||||||||
| DOMESTIC | 2,061.5 | 2,129.6 | 2,157.1 | 2,395.8 | 2,599.5 | 2,865.5 | 3,063.2 | 3,186.8 | ||
| RELIGIOUS | 37.4 | 36.8 | 37.0 | 42.1 | 45.2 | 49.2 | 50.8 | 50.1 | ||
| INDUSTRIAL | 2,202.6 | 2,147.9 | 2,310.6 | 2,433.9 | 2,689.0 | 2,731.8 | 2,946.7 | 2,956.6 | ||
| COMMERCIAL | 1,073.2 | 999.7 | 1,069.7 | 1,211.5 | 1,322.8 | 1,465.1 | 1,633.5 | 1,863.6 | ||
| STREET LIGHTING | 68.1 | 106.9 | 133.3 | 103.3 | 106.5 | 141.3 | 125.1 | 136.1 | ||
| TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE SRI LANKA (GWh) | 5,442.9 | 5,421.0 | 5,707.6 | 6,186.6 | 6,763.0 | 7,252.8 | 7,819.4 | 8,193.3 | ||
| FUEL USED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION | ||||||||||
| FUEL OIL (million litres) | 248.8 | 256.2 | 241.4 | 193.7 | 241.3 | 503.6 | 472.7 | 517.4 | ||
| COAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| RESIDUAL FUEL (million litres) | 297.8 | 276.5 | 303.7 | 302.8 | 263.2 | 270.1 | 265.9 | 296.2 | ||
| DIESEL (Million litres) | 526.6 | 434.4 | 530.7 | 335.2 | 507.6 | 311.8 | 314.8 | 471.9 | ||
| NAPHTHA (million litres) | 44.8 | 79.2 | 144.9 | 138.1 | 179.6 | 91.2 | 137.6 | |||
| TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY IN THE GRID (MW) | 1,838.2 | 1,999.5 | 2,286.3 | 2,537.9 | 2658.8 | 2410.8 | 2433.4 | 2440.0 | ||
| SYSTEM PEAK DEMAND (MW) | 1,404.7 | 1,444.2 | 1,421.8 | 1,515.6 | 1,563.4 | 1,748.2 | 1,893.0 | 1,842.0 | ||
| SYSTEM LOAD FACTOR | 54.6% | 51.7% | 54.8% | 58.0% | 57.4% | 57.8% | 56.9% | 61.0% | ||
| SYSTEM RESERVE MARGIN | 30.9% | 38.5% | 60.8% | 67.5% | 70.1% | 37.9% | 28.5% | 32.5% | ||