Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the ministry's annual turnover [export revenue not included] stands at $2 billion.
"The earnings are invested in expanding the national grid in urban and suburban regions," he was quoted as saying by ISNA.
The number of electricity meters nationwide exceeds 36 million with 3.5 million new subscribers having joined the national grid since 2015.
Household, agricultural and industrial sectors account for 28.5 million, 436,000 and 242,000 consumers respectively. The rest are public and commercial companies.
Close to 650,000 new subscribers joined the network since March, indicating a 3.1% rise compared to the same period last year. The news agency put electricity supply at 137 billion kilowatt-hours in the past eight months, of which 34.4% was used by households.
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