Energy Fiji Ltd had 210,320 customers in 2021, compared with 205,580 the previous year, says CEO Hasmukh Patel in the utility provider’s 2021 annual report that was tabled in Parliament last week.
He said the additional 4740 customers marked an increase of 2 percent.
“As Fiji had experienced unprecedented decade of economic growth, more Fijians are expected to enjoy a higher standard of living and a thriving business environment, our nation’s demand for energy is expected to boom,” said Mr Patel.
“Thanks to our forward planning and prudent management, EFL stands ready to meet these growing needs.”
He said of the total 210,320 customers, 47,525 were prepay customers and 162,795 postpay customers.
“In 2021, we had 106 large-scale industrial customers, 19,148 commercial customers and 191,066 domestic customers (including private residences, places of worship, other institutions and streetlights).
“The year-over-year change was mainly attributed to domestic customer growth.
“The effect of COVID -19 is evident as our growing customer base was not justified by the reduction in national demand for energy; 2021 saw a 4 per cent decrease in demand, contracting from 862.5 million units in 2020 to 829.2 million units in 2021.”
