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Table 1: Analysis of Electricity Usage by the Commercial Sector, 1996-2000 (GWh)
Description 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Shops 26 753 28 307 28 335 28 359 28 420
Offices 12 266 18 948 18 967 19 010 19 102
Hotels6 220 7 370 7 377 7 388 7 411
Combined/domestic 3 022 2 023 2 025 2 029 2 037
Post and telecom 8 672 6 117 6 123 6 130 6 139
Other 3 422 3 521 3 525 3 532 3 540
Total 60 315 66 286 66 352 66 448 66 649
Source: Department of Energy data
Table 2: UK Capital Expenditure of Electricity Suppliers, 1996-2000 (£ Million)
Year Total% Change
1996 1 480.1 +12
1997 1 759.6 +19
1998 1 712.1 -3
1999 1 511.7 -12
2000 1 541.7 +2
table 3: Forecast for UK Capital Expenditure of Electricity suppliers 2002-2005 (£ Million)
Year Total % Change
2002 1 467.1 -2
2003 1 414.6 -4
2004 1 348.5 -5
2005 1 285.7 -5
Table 4: Capital expenditure forecast by Company, 2002-2005 (£ Million)
Description 2002 2003 2004 2005
Eastern Electricity 212.0 207.2 193.4 180.8
East Midlands Electricity 137.9 134.2 127.1 120.4
London Electricity 100.9 99.5 93.4 87.7
Manweb 79.5 76.8 73.971.2
Midlands Electricity 94.7 91.1 90.3 89.5
Northern Electric 65.4 63.0 63.0 63.2
Norweb 181.5 171.5 161.8 153.4
SEEBOARD 75.1 73.4 68.9 64.8
Southern Electric 133.5 126.5 118.6 111.3
SWALEC 59.3 56.8 53.1 49.6
South Western Electricity 64.5 61.5 59.6 57.6
Yorkshire Electricity 105.5 104.3 101.5 99.0
ScottishPower 100.0 96.4 93.2 90.0
Scottish Hydro Electric 57.3 52.5 50.7 49.3
Total 1467.1 1414.6 1348.5 1285.7