asked the Minister for Industry and Energy (1) the average fuel cost per unit of electricity generated by the ESB before transmission on the grid for 1979/80 and for 1980/81; (2) the average cost per unit of electricity generated from peat, the number of units generated, the total cost of peat; (3) the average cost per unit of electricity generated from coal/oil/gas, the number of units generated and the total cost of coal/oil/gas; and (4) the average difference in the cost per unit of electricity in pence between (i) peat, (ii) coal/oil/gas.
Written Answers. - Electricity Generation Costs.
468.
The information requested by the Deputy, as furnished to me by the ESB, is as follows:
(1) Average fuel cost per unit of electricity generated by the ESB before transmission on the grid for
|
1979/80 |
1980/81 |
|
1.617p |
2.236p |
(2) and (3)
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Average fuel cost in pence per unit sent out |
Number of units |
Total cost |
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1979/80 |
1980/81 |
1979/80 |
1980/81 |
1979/80 |
1980/81 |
|
|
p |
p |
m. |
m. |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Peat |
1.177 |
2.214 |
1522.5 |
1558.2 |
17,926,006 |
34,491,131 |
|
Coal |
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Oil |
1.707 |
2.240 |
7434.3 |
7297.0 |
126,894,911 |
163,481,144 |
|
Gas |
(4) Average difference in the cost per unit of electricity in pence between peat and coal/oil/gas.
|
1978/79 |
+.53p |
|
1980/81 |
+.026p |