How much has electricity consumption increased compared to last year?

According to Energy Press, Reza Kefili said about the significant increase in heat, the increase in electricity consumption and its effect on the increase in network accidents: High consumption of electricity greatly increases the pressure on the network, while excessive heat In addition to the increase in the consumption of subscribers, it has caused damage and accidents to the electrical network equipment at different levels, so that this year we are witnessing breakdowns and accidents at different levels.

He continued: Sometimes the incidents are limited to a single subscriber, where due to cable damage, only one subscriber suffered a blackout, or in some places, the fuse of the distribution posts was burned, during which the low voltage feeder was cut off, and an alley or street suffered a blackout. They were electrified.

He stated that in some places we saw the disconnection of the 20 KV power feeder, and that a neighborhood has suffered a blackout, and he clarified: this is despite the fact that the excessive increase in electricity consumption, along with the extreme and unprecedented heat, caused accidents in the upstream distribution networks. A part of a city or village has been cut off.