High Electricity Consumption Posing New Challenges

Routine overhaul of power plants is over and there is no problem supplying electricity with the current rates of consumption. But if power use exceeds 60,000 megawatts, there is a possibility of rolling blackouts, chief executive officer of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“The operating capacity of our thermal and non-thermal power plants is 60,000 MW, and if consumption rises beyond this, we will definitely face problems,” Mohsen Tarztalab was quoted as saying by ISNA.
Operating capacity is the total amount of electrical generation capacity that is operating (and ready to produce electricity) at any one time.