Avoiding Summer Power Cuts Will Depend on Consumption

Power outages during peak hours almost ended in 2019 and a similar trend is forecast this year, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“Due to frugal consumption in different sectors, especially industries and farming, growth in power consumption in 2019 was barely 2%. Up until 2018 growth was 7%,” Mohsen Tarztalab said in an interview with Donya-e-Eqtesad media group's video-streaming service EcoIran on Sunday.
If industries and farmers uphold their commitment to the deal with state-run Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) to shift consumption from on-peak to off-peak periods, there will no blackouts this summer because consumption will reduce by at least 5,000 megawatts (during peak hours), he said.