ELECTRICITY SECTOR OVERVIEW  (from  1980  to  1989)
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
GENERATION  SRI LANKA (GWh)
HYDRO, CEB AND SPP	1,480.1	1,572.6	1,608.5	1,217.2	2,091.2	2,394.6	2,646.1	2,177.0	2,596.7	2,801.3
THERMAL, CEB, IPP AND HIRED	188.8	300.3	457.7	897.1	170.0	69.4	6.6	530.2	201.7	56.7
NON-CONVENTIONAL, CEB
SELF-GENERATION BY CUSTOMERS
OFF-GRID, CONVENTIONAL
OFF-GRID, NON-CONVENTIONAL
GROSS GENERATION SRI LANKA	1,668.9	1,872.9	2,066.2	2,114.3	2,261.2	2,464.0	2,652.7	2,707.2	2,798.4	2,858.0
TOTAL LOSSES IN SRI LANKA
POWER PLANT OWN USE (GWh)	17.5	16.7	16.7	20.7	10.6	13.3	9.8	15.5	14.5	14.2
T&D LOSS (GWh)	354.3	461.4	484.7	429.6	509.5	541.3	576.6	612.8	601.2	688.5
TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (GWh)	371.8	478.1	501.4	450.3	520.1	554.6	586.4	628.3	615.7	702.7
TOTAL OWN USE AND LOSS (% OF GROSS GEN)	22.3%	25.5%	24.3%	21.3%	23.0%	22.5%	22.1%	23.2%	22.0%	24.6%
TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE  (CEB +LECO+SELF+OFFGRID)(GWh)
DOMESTIC	334.1	378.6	433.9	484.5	506.4	552.4	589.8	612.6	646.1	673.5
RELIGIOUS	6.6	7.9	9.2	10.3	11.5	12.8	15.1	17.3	16.5	16.7
INDUSTRIAL	704.0	766.3	835.4	851.4	895.7	964.2	1,047.9	994.7	1,039.8	989.8
COMMERCIAL	228.4	226.1	268.7	298.9	307.2	357.9	389.5	427.9	452.3	445.7
STREET LIGHTING	23.9	15.8	17.6	18.8	20.3	22.1	23.9	26.4	28.0	29.5
TOTAL ELECTRICITY USE SRI LANKA (GWh)	1,297.1	1,394.8	1,564.8	1,664.0	1,741.1	1,909.4	2,066.3	2,078.9	2,182.7	2,155.3
FUEL USED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
FUEL OIL (million litres)	47.4	35.4	31.3	52.8	4.3
COAL
RESIDUAL FUEL  (million litres)					7.0	12.2	0.7	47.3	26.0	11.4
DIESEL (Million litres)	15.6	77.5	145.3	299.0	50.5	6.2	1.1	137.2	38.5	2.6
NAPHTHA  (million litres)
TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY IN THE GRID (MW)	422.3	522.3	562.3	592.3	812.3	949.3	1,071.3	1,071.3	1,208.5	1,240.7
SYSTEM PEAK DEMAND (MW)	368.5	413.0	430.8	437.0	486.7	515.0	540.3	570.0	593.4	618.4
SYSTEM LOAD FACTOR	51.7%	51.8%	54.8%	55.2%	53.0%	54.6%	56.1%	54.2%	53.8%	52.8%
SYSTEM RESERVE MARGIN	14.6%	26.5%	30.5%	35.5%	66.9%	84.3%	98.3%	88.0%	103.7%	100.6%