Power Consumption Increases During Norouz Holidays

Electricity consumption in Iran increased by 4% from the beginning of Norouz (Iranian New Year that started on March 21) until April 4 compared with the same period of last year, managing director of Iran Grid Management Company said.
“Over 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity were used during the Norouz holidays,” IRNA also quoted Mostafa Rajabi-Mashhadi as saying.
The rise in consumption was recorded in provinces where more people traveled to as well as in industrial regions, he added.
“The highest electricity consumption in the two-week period was recorded in the provinces of Tehran, Fars and Zanjan. Kermanshah, Semnan and Sistan-Baluchestan were the three provinces with the lowest growth of power consumption,” he added.