Annual Peak Power Demand to Increase

The total peak electricity demand hours are predicted to reach 500 in the current fiscal year (started March 21) from 300 hours in the past, a deputy at Iran Grid Management Company said on Saturday.
“The national grid’s power load amounted to 55,443 megawatts in the last fiscal, which is expected to rise by 5% this year and reach over 58,000 MW,” Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
According to Rajabi, Iranians consumed 88.6% more power in the fiscal 2017-18 compared to the previous year, which was unprecedented in the last 10 years.
Iran’s power generation capacity stands at 80,000 MW.