Georgia consumes 3.6% more electricity in Q1
TBILISI. April 24 (Interfax) - Georgia consumed 2.693 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January-March 2014, up 3.6% year-on-year, Georgia's Electricity System Commercial Operator (ESCO) said in a press release.
ESCO reported that the distribution company accounted for 2.323 billion kilowatt hours of the electricity consumed, up 4.7% from Q1 2013.
Customers of Energo-Pro Georgia, which is owned by Czech Energo-Pro, consumed the most at 1.725 billion kilowatt hours, up 5.4%. Next came the customers of the Tbilisi electricity distribution company Telasi, which is controlled by OJSC Inter RAO UES , at 609.7 million kilowatt hours, up 7.1%.
Abkhazia saw consumption advanced 1.1% to 566.2 million kilowatt hours. Kakhetin Energy Distribution, owned by Lithuania's Arema Group, used 74.2 million kilowatt hours, up 3.1%.
Direct consumers (major companies and organizations making direct contracts with ESCO) used 370.45 million kilowatt hours in Q1, down 2.3%.
Electricity production in Q1 2014 totaled 2.573 billion kilowatt hours, up 5% year-on-year. Georgia imported 246.35 million kilowatt hours in the first quarter, down 6.5%, but did not export electricity.
