Iran reports slight fall in peak electricity demand as temperatures drop
Iran has reported a slight decrease in its peak electricity consumption amid lower temperatures that have caused demand to ebb.
The Iran Grid Management Company said on Sunday that peak electricity demand in the country had reached 76.180 gigawatts (GW) on Saturday (August 9), down from a peak of nearly 77 GW reported earlier this week.
The company said peak demand is expected to further fall in the coming days as temperatures drop across Iran.
The figures came as Iran's state electricity company Tavanir has been forced to introduce scheduled power cuts in large cities to be able to control the rising consumption in the country.
Tavanir CEO said on Sunday that the company would open new units in large thermal power plants in the coming weeks to increase electricity generation capacities and to reduce the number of power cuts.
Mostafa Rajabi blamed the unprecedented heat wave of the past weeks for the rolling power cuts in the capital Tehran and other large cities.
Rajabi said, however, that Tavanir had managed to control the annual rise in electricity demand in Iran by at least 3%, adding that electricity production in thermal power plants had also increased by a record of 5% or 4 GW.
He said that electricity supply restrictions to Iranian industries had also declined in the calendar year that started in March compared to the previous years, adding that power supplies delivered to cement and steel manufacturers in the country have increased by an average of 25% this year.
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