New record for Winter electricity demand

Enemalta Corporation announces that last Tuesday's all time record of highest electricity demand of 348 megawatts has already been surpassed. On Wednesday 3rd February 1999, the following day, a new record of 353 megawatts was recorded. The recent spell of cold weather which was experienced in the last few days gave rise to a significant increase in the demand for electricity. The increased demand had also overloaded the distribution system in some localities.

Record Sales of LP Gas

Enemalta Corporation believes that the cold weather which has contributed to raise the demand for electricity may have also caused the sales figures of LP Gas to increase as well.

In fact, the sales of LP Gas during this winter has reached record figures.

Sales figures for December 1997 / January 1998 show that 223,353, cylinders were sold, whereas 248,393 cylinders were sold during the same period of December 1998 to January of 1999. This shows a sales increase of 25,000 cylinders, out of which 3,380 cylinders were new services. On the other hand, last year's figure for new services was only 1,700.

The Gas Division of Enemalta Corporation together with the help of Gas Distributors is seeking to satisfy all gas consumers in a timely and efficient manner. However, the increased demand for gas cylinders may sometimes lead to delays, because far more cylinder have to be delivered than usual. Enemalta Corporation is doing its utmost to ease such inconveniences.

In order to avoid any unnecessary gas shortages, it is being recommended that consumers place their orders with Enemalta Gas Division as soon as they replace their cylinder with their spare one.