Russian energy consumption down 3% in Jan-Feb
MOSCOW. March 5 (Interfax) - Energy consumption in Russia fell 3% year-on-year to 191.6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) in January-February, OJSC UES Systems Operator (SO UES) reported.
Consumption in the United Energy System (UES) (does not include isolated energy systems) totaled 187.3 billion kWh in the first two months of 2013, also down 3% year-on-year.
In February alone, energy consumption decreased 7.6% year-on-year to 90.2 billion kWh. In the UES, consumption fell 7.8% year-on-year to 88.2 billion kWh.
This was caused by the temperature factor - the average daily temperature throughout the UES was 4.4 degrees Celsius higher than the norm last month, and it was 6.8 degrees Celsius higher than in February 2012.
In January-February, Russian energy consumption declined by 3.2% year-on-year to 194.8 billion kWh. UES power generation fell 3.3% to 190.5 billion kWh.
Combined heat and power plants (CHPP) bore the main burden for demand for power in the UES in January-February, generating 122.5 billion kWh of electricity (down 7%). Hydro-electric power plants (HPP) churned out 25.7 billion kWh of electricity (up 9.7%), nuclear power plants (NPP) produced 32.8 billion kWh (up 0.6%), and industrial enterprises' power plants generated 9.5 billion kWh (up 1.7%).
In February alone, electricity production totaled 91.5 billion kWh in Russia, down 8.2% year-on-year. UES power generation decreased 8.4% year-on-year to 89.5 billion kWh.
CHPP bore the main burden for demand for power in the UES in February, generating 56.9 billion kWh of electricity (down 13.9%). HPP churned out 12.5 billion kWh of electricity (up 10.9%), NPP produced 15.7 billion kWh (down 1.3%), and industrial enterprises' power plants generated 4.5 billion kWh (down 0.6%).
Maximum consumption totaled 142,732 MW in February, down 2.9% over January and 8% year-on-year.