Changing office hours was effective in reducing electricity consumption

The spokesperson of the electricity industry explained that the change in office hours has been effective in reducing electricity consumption.

According to Energy Press, Mustafa Rajabi Mashhadi – the spokesperson of the electricity industry – said about the latest status of the electricity distribution network: We have passed the peak of electricity consumption and this year we had new records in electricity consumption and broke the new record of electricity consumption of 73,463 megawatts. We had a 5.77% growth in electricity consumption this year.
He continued: “We passed last year’s peak of 36 days, which was 17 days last year, which means we had almost twice as many days as last year.” We hope that the electricity consumption will decrease as the temperature decreases.
Rajabi Mashhadi further answered the question that in the 7th plan, the production efficiency of power plants is set to increase from 39% to 45%, he stated: The power plants that are built in the country are mainly built by Mapna and they have an efficiency of 55% to about They have 60% and they are class F combined cycle power plants and the latest versions built in the world.
The spokesperson of the power industry further stated: The average production efficiency of the country’s power plants is 39%, and we rank 9th to 10th among thermal power plants in the world. In order to increase the production efficiency to 45%, we need to invest a lot and spend a lot of money, and in the meantime, we have to remove the worn out power plants from the circuit, but what is possible and based on the calculations we have reached is the production efficiency of 42%.
He further stated: Renewable power plants can also help us in solving the imbalance between production and consumption, because they do not need fuel. Our next step is to optimize consumption, the current situation is such that we have to stop wasting energy, and the country’s situation is such that the energy intensity index is worrying.

Rajabi Mashhadi, appearing in a TV program, said: upgrading the standards in cooling and heating devices has a great impact on reducing the peak load and reducing night and day consumption. The second action can be the replacement of low-efficiency household equipment, which, if it happens, can help us to a great extent to increase efficiency in electricity production and consumption.
He further said about the amount of saving in electricity consumption by reducing office hours: Since June 15, when the working hours of offices were from 6 am to 1 pm, we had the goal of reducing 1,000 megawatts of electricity, and we saved 850,000 megawatts in the administrative sector in the field of electricity. .
The spokesperson of the electricity industry continued: In addition, the reduction in electricity consumption after the end of working hours was extremely impressive, and we should follow this work more widely for the next year.
In response to the question, will the power outage in industrial towns continue? He said: Next week, the temperature will reach 35 to 36 degrees, especially in Tehran, power outages in industrial towns will still continue, but these power outages will decrease.