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Domestic

Industrial

Commercial

Street Lighting

Appendix 30

(Chapter 12: Public Works and Utilities)

Electricity Production and Distribution

Total

:

Maximum Demand, MW

Electricity Sales, GWh*

:

:

:

239

GWh*

1970

1971

1972

927.29

1,058.77

1,193.37

1,830.12

2,031.17

2,211.41

1,673.25

1,779.85

1,984.57

20.10

21.48

22.99

4,450.77

4,891.28

5,412.34

1972 Electricity Statistics

China Light & Power Co Ltd

Hong Kong Electric Co Ltd

Cheung Chau

Electric

Total

Co Ltd

869

370

(8.1)

(8.2)

3,944

1,463

5

5,412

(10.3)

(11.6)

(16.1)

(10.7)

6,054

2,128

37

8,219

(6.1)

(4.7)

(5.7)

(5.7)

1.315

1,446

357

1,327

(8.1)

(10.6)

(24.8)

(9.9)

Consumers, hundreds

Sales per head of population, kWh

Domestic

Industrial

Commercial

Total

(Figures in brackets represent annual percentage increase).

Gas Production and Distribution

:

:

:

Therms

Ju

1970

1971

1972

4,684,504

5,149,564

5,567,203

1,009,639

946,057

1,012,551

3,383,672

3,717,691

4,179,161

9,077,815

9,813,312

10,758,915

Liquid Petroleum Gas Sales

'000 lb

1970

1971

Total LPG Sales

65,323

97,727

1972 (Forecast)

142,000

* One GWh one million kWh.