Installed Capacity, Production and Sales

Installed Capacity

The installed capacity at the end of this year was 40,247 MW.

The primary capacity additions were: the Tatan Combined-Cycle Unit 6, 471 MW, the Mailian Wind Power, 30MW, and an IPP(the Starbuck Thermal Power Plant), 490MW.

Installed Capacity
Item			Installed Capacity (MW)	(%)	Growth Rate (%)
P.S. Hydro			2,602.0	6.5	0.0
Thermal		Taipower	22,487.2	55.9	4.7
		IPP	7,707.1	19.1	6.8
		Subtotal	30,194.3	75.0	5.2
Nuclear			5,144.0	12.8	0.0
Renewable	Conv. Hydro	Taipower	1,647.8	4.1	-0.1
		IPP	39.1	0.1	0.0
		Hydro Entrusted to Taipower	250.0	0.6	0.0
	Wind Power	Taipower	179.8	0.4	36.4
	Wind Power	IPP	190.1	0.5	66.5
	Subtotal		2306.8	5.7	5.6
Total Installed Capacity			40,247.0	100.0	4.2

Energy Production

Energy production at the end of this year was 193.6 billion KWh.

Energy Production
Item				Energy Production & Purchased (billion KWh)	(%)	Growth Rate (%)
P,S Hydro				3.3	1.7	-4.9
Thermal			Taipower	96.8	50.0	-10.5
			IPP	37.7	19.5	8.6
			Cogen	11.3	5.8	15.6
Subtotal				145.8	75.3	-4.5
Nuclear				40.0	20.7	1.8
Renewablle	Conv. Hydro		Taipower	3.0	1.5	-13.3
			IPP	0.1	0.1	2.3
			Hydro Entrusted to Taipower	0.6	0.3	-14.2
	Wind Power & Photovoltaic	Taipower		0.4	0.2	36.3
	Wind Power & Photovoltaic	IPP		0.5	0.2	44.7
Subtotal				4.6	2.4	-6.3
Total Installed Capacity				193.6	100.0	-3.3

Energy Sales

　　Total energy sales were 179.2 billion KWh, a 4.1% decrease over the previous year. Of this, 57.9 billion KWh or 32.3 % was consumed by lighting customers, a 0.7% decrease over the previous year; 121.3 billion KWh, or 67.3.%, was consumed by power customers, a 5.7% decrease over the previous year.

Load and Line Loss

(1)Load

　　In 2009, the peak load reached 31,010MW, a 0.99 % decrease over the previous year; the average load of this year was 21,630 MW, a 3.16 % decrease over the previous year.

(2)Line Loss

　　Over many years of efforts, line loss on the Taipower system has dropped gradually. In 2009. The line loss was 4.86%.