Mustafa Rajabi Mashhadi, CEO of Tovanir Company, said: Household customers who consume electricity without any procedural changes should reduce their consumption, and if we have a problem with stable electricity supply, this group of abusive customers will be the first to cut off electricity.
The Minister of Energy said: "The government's emphasis has always been that the consumption management programs should start from the government departments, and according to this, the distribution companies are obliged to cut off the electricity of those departments that do not reduce their electricity consumption."
40% of the country's electricity consumption on peak days is related to cooling devices, especially gas coolers, which become more active as the air gets hotter.
An energy expert while stressing the need to liberalize industrial electricity prices in the 14th government, said: "Now, there is an imbalance of 15,000 megawatts of electricity at the peak of load."
Tehran Electricity Distribution Company announced in an announcement: It informs the subscribers that following the record low temperature increase, the amount of electricity consumption in the country has increased greatly and is approaching the warning limit.
The Chairman of the Civil Engineering Commission of the Majlis said: Today, the lack of electricity has reached a point where the temperature of the air is above 45 degrees, the household electricity is cut off, and people stayed in their homes without a cooling system in this amount of heat.
The CEO of Tehran Bozor Electric Power Distribution Company said: 25% of household electricity bills issued in Tehran have been free since the beginning of June.
The director of operation and control of the electricity network said: the electricity consumption of the country reaches more than 71 thousand megawatts, while last year we did not reach the consumption of 70 thousand megawatts until the middle of July.
The electricity of 30 national and provincial offices in Tehran was cut off due to refusal to reduce electricity consumption.
The CEO of Tavanir Company said: In the peak load of this summer, we should have at least 100 to 200 megawatts in order to supply the country's domestic electricity consumption, import and export electricity to Turkey during off-peak times.
