Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January through October, taking into account losses in electricity transmission, fell by 2.3% or by 2.807 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) YoY, to 120.593 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.
Electricity consumption, not including losses, over the period fell by 2.6%, or by 2.59 billion kWh, to 95.44 billion kWh.
Industry in Ukraine over the period under review decreased electricity consumption by 2.4%, to 40.795 billion kWh, including a 2% fall in consumption by the metallurgical industry, to 23.715 billion kWh, a 19.9% fall by the fuel sector, to 2.924 billion kWh, a 1.6% decline by engineering sector, to 2.895 billion kWh, a 0.7% rise in consumption by the chemical and petroleum industry, to 2.513 billion kWh, a 1.8% rise in consumption by food and processing industry, to 3.405 billion kWh, a 6% rise in consumption by the construction materials sector, to 1.814 billion kWh and 1.9% rise for other industries, to 3.529 billion.
Agricultural companies consumed 2.823 billion kWh (a rise of 1.6% YoY, transport companies – 5.437 billion kWh (a fall of 1.7%) and construction companies – 625.2 million kWh (a rise of 4.7%).
There was a 4.4% decline in consumption by households, to 28.741 billion kWh.
The share of industry in total electricity consumption increased from 42.6% in January-October 2015 to 42.7% in 2016, and the share of households fell from 30.7% to 30.1%.
In October, electricity consumption, taking into account losses in electricity transmission, grew by 4%, to 13.104 billion kWh, and without loss – it fell by 1.4%, to 9.458 billion kWh. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)