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Iran’s electricity consumption rose by 3.22% y/y on November 30: Ministry

Iran’s electricity usage rose by 3.22 year on year on November 30 to hit 38,498 GWh.

Iran’s Energy Ministry says power consumption across the country hit nearly 38.5 gigawatts per hour (GWh) on November 30, an increase of 3.22 percent compared to the similar day last year.

In a Tuesday report, the official IRNA news agency cited figures by Iran’s Grid Management Company (IGMC), saying electricity usage by all customers, household and industries included, reached 35.873 GWh and 38.498 GWh at noon and evening local time on Monday, respectively.

The report said corresponding figures for November 30.2019 were 33.935 GWh and 37,296 GWh.

IGMC figures showed that industrial units had accounted for nearly 12 percent or 4.917 GWh of total consumption reported evening local time on Monday.

Customers in the capital Tehran used 7.025 GW of electricity during the same hour, said the report, adding that total production of electricity from renewable sources, including from solar and wind farms, had reached 2.432 GWh.

Iran is a heavy consumer and producer of electricity with a series of sprawling thermal power plants supplying a bulk of the energy to the country’s households and industries.

Current nominal production capacity stands at above 85 GWh although actual output is just more than half that figure.

Consumption reaches peaks of more than 55 GWh during hot summer months when households increasingly rely on electricity for air conditioning.

The Energy Ministry normally boasts of a high degree of reliability of its power grid, saying the number of blackouts that normally takes place in summer months are among the lowest reported around the world.

However, the government has massive upgrade plans for power plants while it keeps encouraging efficiency by offering free of charge electricity to households with low consumption.  


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