The increase in electricity consumption reached 3 thousand megawatts

According to Energy Press, Mustafa Rajabi Mashhadi, the CEO of Tovanir Company, in a meeting with the members of the Energy Security and Mineral Resources faction of the Islamic Council, announced the increase in the demand for electricity consumption to about 80,000 and said: This amount has increased by 6,000 megawatts compared to last year. which is a very large figure.
He added: The examination of this number of subscribers shows that one million new subscribers are added to the country’s electricity subscribers every year, 80% of which are in the household sector and the rest are related to other sectors.
The spokesperson of the electricity industry stated: 3,500 megawatts of major subscribers, half of which are large and energy-intensive subscribers, including steel industries, and based on the statistics obtained in the energy campaign, 1,300,000 gas coolers have been added annually, which is between 2,500 and 3,000. They consume megawatts of electricity.