Boosting Electricity Imports on Tavanir’s Agenda

To help meet growing power demand in summer, Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) is planning to import 600 megawatts of electricity per day from neighboring states, including Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia, between June and September.
Mostafa Rajabi-Mashhadi, the head of Iran Grid Management Company, an Energy Ministry subsidiary, said daily import currently is less than 200 MW that is expected to triple in the near future, IRNA reported.
Electricity demand growth rate in Iran is 5.5% annually, but infrastructural development projects lag behind and supply cannot meet the rising demand, he added.