Friday, September 19, 2008

Power Load Characteristics

Here are some interesting facts regarding power load characteristics in our province.
  • 21,872 MW-Hr sold in 2004.
  • The peak load registered was 6.5 MW and the base load was 3.2 MW in 2004.
  • 68% residential in nature. With 75 % of all households connected to the system.
  • Commercial establishments constitute 18%.
  • Government buildings comprise the single biggest customer of FICELCO. It represents 12% of the total consumption.
  • Street lighting constitutes 2%.
  • There are no industrial customers exist in the island.
  • In 2005, the trend in consumption shifts more to the commercial load because of mobile telecommunication networks in the island.
  • No demand exist yet for irrigation considering 70 % of the people depends on agriculture.
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