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Six major power plant units resume operations in Iran
- 4 months ago (2024-07-29)
- David Flin
Iranian Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian has said that six major power plant units have come back on line after going through overhaul to meet the rising demand for electricity in the coming weeks.
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Mehrabian said electricity consumption in the country is expected to break new records in the coming weeks as the temperature is rising constantly and the use of air conditioning devices is consequently increasing. He called on people to manage their electricity consumption in peak demand periods to prevent any disruption in the power supply. He said: “The average increase in electricity consumption over the past years has been 4 per cent annually. We made plans based on three different scenarios of 3, 4.5, and 6 per cent increase in electricity consumption. However, statistics show that this year, the average increase in electricity consumption in the country has reached 8 per cent, and the rate is 9 per cent in Tehran.”
Peak electricity consumption in Iran exceeded 76 GW earlier in July as a new heat wave hit the country.
In order to meet the electricity demand in the peak summer period, the Iranian Energy Ministry has put several programmes on its agenda among which increasing electricity production and managing consumption are the major ones. The ministry is also implementing a comprehensive programme during the summer, based on which low-consuming households are rewarded while subscribers whose consumption exceeds the normal level face a penalty.