UTILITIES

Power and Water Corporation is the main provider of power and water utilities in the Northern Territory (NT). Installed electricity generation capacity has fallen from 389 MW in 2003 to 379 MW in 2007. Power generated dropped from 1656 GWh in 2003 to 1440 GWh in 2007. In the same period customer numbers increased by 6340, as did electricity sales (from 1 538 053 MWh in 2003 to 1 596 452 MWh in 2007). Overall there has been a reduction in average electricity usage per customer of 5% from 22 815 kWh in 2003 to 21 646 kWh in 2007.

The Power and Water Corporation's water system capability has decreased between the 2003 to 2007 period from 327 ML/day to 322 ML/day. Whilst system capability has decreased, production of water has increased by 2% from 55 764 ML in 2003 to 56 842 ML in 2007. In contrast, the volume of water sales has remained largely the same at 51 242 ML in 2003 and 51 481 ML in 2007. Like electricity usage, average water usage per customer has declined, from 1326 kL per customer per annum in 2003 to 1164 kL per customer per annum in 2007, a fall of 13%.

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