13 Jan 2020 13:56

Russian power consumption in UES up 0.4% in 2019, overall consumption across country down 0.1%

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - Power consumption within Russia's United Energy System was around 1.059 trillion kWh in 2019, up 0.4% compared with 2018, according to the System Operator.

Power consumption as a whole in Russia came to 1.075 trillion kWh, down 0.1% from 2018.

Power generation grew 0.4%, to 1.096 trillion kWh, including 1.081 trillion kWh within the UES (+0.9%).

As usual, the fuel and energy complex accounted for the bulk of generation (616.8 billion kWh, -0.5%). Hydro and nuclear generation grew to 190.3 billion kWh (+3.6%) and 208.6 billion kWh (2.2%), respectively. Captive plants produced 63.3 billion kWh (+2.1%).

Peak consumption in the UES (151.66 GW) was recorded on January 24.

Figures for 2019 by region:

UES/energy region Generation, bln kWh Change vs. 2018, % Consumption, bln kWh Change vs. 2018, %
East (including isolated systems) 52.1 2.9 48.6 3.3
Siberia (including isolated systems) 216.4 1.5 219.1 0.5
Urals 265.6 0.7 260.3 -0.3
Middle Volga 110.2 -3.7 109.1 -1.0
Center 236.3 1.9 241.9 -0.3
Northwest 112.8 -0.5 95.0 -0.1
South 103.1 -1.6 101.3 -1.0

In December, UES consumption fell 2.2% year-on-year, to 101.1 billion kWh. Consumption in Russia as a whole fell 2.7%, to 102.6 billion. UES generation fell 2.4%, to 102.9 billion kWh, and 2.9% in Russia, to 104.4 billion.