Lata coconut oil fuel trials: PIGGAREP SIS Capacity Building workshop on Renewable Energy, Melanesian Hotel, Vanuatu, 21-25 April, 2008

Abstract

The Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) is a Solomon Islands Government owned utility responsible for the generating, transmitting and distributing as well as selling of electricity supplies in the Solomon Islands. SIEA operates in nine (9) locations throughout the Solomon Islands with its Lungga and Honiara Powerstations serving Honiara. It has an installed capacity of 28 MW and a peak system load of 12.3 MW. The Authority has a total customer base of 10,150 with Electricity Sales for 2007 being 64.5 GWli. SIEA has a single-tier tariff with three distinct categories; Domestic, Commercial Industrial Government and 11 kV Tariff. The tariff has two components; a Base Tariff and a Fuel Surcharge.