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shut downs and other constraints in the supply, a 25 percent increase in
consumption has been assumed and demand growth is worked out for the
planning period.
Table 25: Per Customer Annual Energy Consumption – Commercial Service (kWh)
Year
Category of Load Centres
A1 A B C
1993 1,200 1,100 1,000 900
2003 1,700 1,500 1,400 1,300
2016 2,350 2,200 2,000 1,800
6.2.6. Unit Demand for Public Services
The demand of electricity for public services relates to administration offices,
military, NGOs, community centres, schools, hospitals, police stations and other
administration centres. Based on the consumption experienced in Gilgit city and
other load centres, the unit consumption of Public services is given below:
Table 26: Per Customer Annual Energy Consumption – Public Service (kWh)
Year
Category of Load Centres
A1 A B C
1993 4,000 2,000 1,500 1,500
2003 5,300 2,800 2,000 2,000
2016 6,900 3,750 2,700 2,700
6.2.7. Unit Consumption of Industrial Units
Unit consumption of industrial establishments has been determined by two ways
(a) through a survey of craft consumers in the region (b) from the records made
available by NAPWD of established industries (small and medium) using power in
Gilgit city and other areas.
The consumption of craft units e.g. handcrafts establishment, cottage industries,
grinding mills, saw mills and workshops etc. has been obtained from the region.
The available information shows that (a) monthly consumption of diesel for 3 small
industrial units is 275 gallons. In energy terms, this is equivalent to 3.38 MWh of
average monthly consumption (b) monthly use of electricity by 3 small
establishment was 0.81 MWh.
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Average annual consumption for industrial units investigated in this region, thus
comes to 16.76 MWh. A figure of 8 MWh has been used for estimating the demand
for an industrial unit. The unit electricity consumption of various industrial units
in Gilgit city during the recent years was evaluated.
6.2.7.1. Number of Industrial Establishments
The number of industrial units existing in 2000 in the region has been found from
various sources as follows: