Table 305 (Pro., Serv., Elect.)

Electricity Sales (Province) (1995-1997)

pro 305e

Type of Sale

Sales (GWh)

Revenue (Rs Mn)

Consumer Accounts

Year

1995

1996

1997

1995

1996

1997

1995

1996

1997

Western Province (Excluding Colombo City)

1,702.41

1,571.87

1,790.84

5,747.78

5,803.20

6,779.24

458,419

499,244

535,003

Domestic

348.50

358.05

402.93

763.32

918.10

1,117.73

408,968

445,578

477,542

Religious

4.61

4.45

5.21

11.10

11.32

14.45

2,187

2,235

2,406

Industrial

643.31

583.85

615.53

2,863.57

2,834.89

3,102.53

6,728

7,018

7,375

Commercial

143.43

138.46

157.70

812.63

830.23

980.60

40,488

44,364

47,631

Street Lighting

8.83

10.57

15.36

35.34

45.51

67.05

Local Authority

553.73

476.49

594.11

1,261.82

1,163.15

1,496.88

Colombo City

685.39

597.88

679.46

3,309.76

3,064.58

3,644.17

96,359

99,290

102,612

Domestic

167.85

156.63

174.52

600.69

587.46

709.13

74,867

77,028

79,780

Religious

2.81

2.85

2.96

8.42

7.87

9.38

416

440

427

Industrial

209.77

180.89

200.76

912.33

859.61

977.16

662

658

657

Commercial

289.35

239.07

290.49

1,725.89

1,514.83

1,901.66

20,414

21,164

21,748

Street Lighting

15.61

18.44

10.73

62.43

94.81

46.84

Total for WP & CMB City

2,387.80

2,169.75

2,470.30

9,057.54

8,867.78

10,423.41

554,778

598,534

637,615

North Central Province

88.81

86.35

102.08

331.08

345.98

423.93

88,145

96,630

106,280

Domestic

36.11

38.12

45.32

67.19

86.19

109.89

74,833

82,514

90,878

Religious

1.14

1.09

1.22

2.58

2.44

3.61

795

846

892

Industrial

27.41

25.55

29.34

125.06

125.27

149.26

2,041

2,170

2,322

Commercial

23.26

21.18

24.51

132.69

127.33

153.73

10,476

11,100

12,188

Street Lighting

0.89

0.41

0.17

3.57

4.75

7.44

Northern Province

7.14

7.96

10.46

30.27

36.60

49.45

5,386

6,649

7,828

Domestic

3.02

3.56

4.71

6.55

9.00

13.10

4,190

5,286

6,328

Religious

0.09

0.10

0.15

0.21

0.29

0.44

Industrial

0.83

0.71

0.78

5.60

5.52

5.90

Commercial

3.05

3.38

4.46

17.29

20.88

28.46

1,088

1,230

1,341

Street Lighting

0.15

0.21

0.36

0.62

0.91

1.55

Central Province

287.39

326.22

365.40

1,237.14

1,312.50

1,536.22

208,045

247,319

268,813

Domestic

111.29

124.32

143.00

213.57

305.53

365.61

181,156

213,943

233,303

Religious

2.49

3.88

3.27

4.63

11.28

4.64

1,926

2,218

2,776

Industrial

127.78

128.29

145.60

591.20

634.83

725.86

1,806

2,023

2,089

Commercial

44.32

67.58

69.42

252.17

351.53

422.17

23,157

29,135

30,645

Street Lighting

1.51

2.15

4.11

6.03

9.33

17.94

North Western

289.28

281.82

327.96

1,058.21

1,120.22

1,335.09

172,504

194,916

215,535

Domestic

99.24

100.30

121.57

194.50

235.81

309.58

144,615

164,548

183,154

Religious

2.35

2.66

4.65

5.04

6.55

1,946

2,074

2,149

Industrial

151.19

142.92

160.67

655.32

671.87

762.97

4,115

4,509

4,787

Commercial

33.31

32.58

37.97

191.13

191.67

233.76

21,828

23,785

25,445

Street Lighting

3.19

3.67

5.09

12.61

15.83

22.23

Eastern Province

159.09

115.59

140.16

574.26

451.62

570.67

95,633

102,369

111,328

Domestic

51.82

48.59

60.07

97.87

114.88

151.66

82,493

88,929

97,238

Religious

1.31

1.27

1.46

20.94

29.80

37.40

1,056

1,085

1,149

Industrial

82.17

43.83

53.01

337.26

196.45

246.90

1,329

1,340

1,427

Commercial

20.22

18.13

21.31

116.76

108.87

132.88

10,755

11,015

11,514

Street Lighting

3.57

3.77

4.31

1.43

1.62

1.83

Southern Province

286.22

306.39

345.26

942.04

1,007.24

1,217.74

199,595

219,515

243,887

Domestic

72.99

102.44

120.56

182.10

223.46

291.54

176,791

195,029

217,462

Religious

24.50

20.41

25.00

5.56

4.18

6.36

1,524

1,577

1,650

Industrial

97.55

93.47

104.47

447.32

458.59

529.65

1,647

1,711

1,802

Commercial

38.80

32.71

37.02

190.65

194.28

230.78

19,623

21,188

22,963

Street Lighting

3.26

3.79

5.32

13.06

16.29

23.23

Local Authority

49.12

53.57

52.89

103.35

110.44

136.18

Uva Province

90.38

84.92

96.35

334.51

339.81

396.09

82,238

90,425

99,676

Domestic

36.11

35.68

42.52

64.50

77.96

101.86

71,985

79,370

87,918

Religious

0.82

0.78

0.87

1.72

1.70

2.16

661

709

748

Industrial

34.17

30.47

33.75

161.20

156.53

175.08

786

831

877

Commercial

17.12

16.11

18.15

98.45

95.51

112.36

8,806

9,515

10,133

Street Lighting

2.16

1.88

1.06

8.64

8.11

4.63

Sabaragamuwa Province

250.54

229.24

203.56

941.29

929.87

846.26

120,516

134,279

160,304

Domestic

60.14

60.59

75.87

112.91

136.28

186.13

102,189

114,590

137,499

Religious

1.58

1.49

1.87

3.66

3.49

4.54

1,232

1,267

1,368

Industrial

152.80

131.51

86.27

658.54

619.30

445.64

1,599

1,547

1,603

Commercial

23.01

22.52

27.64

134.27

134.63

174.74

15,485

16,864

19,823

Street Lighting

1.08

1.11

2.04

3.20

4.83

8.90

Local Authority

11.93

12.02

9.87

28.71

31.34

26.31

Grand Total

3,914.88

3,608.24

4,061.53

14,506.34

14,411.62

16,798.86

1,526,840

1,690,636

1,851,266

Source:

Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka (1998)

Revised: 2008(y)/09(m)/20(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka