TIRANA, June 14 /ATA/ – Electricity consumption in Albania fell 10.1% year-on-year to 1595 GWh in the first three months of 2023, down from 1775 GWh in the first quarter of the past year.
The National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said in its latest quarterly report on balance of electric power on Wednesday that decline in electricity consumption in the first quarter was caused by a 13.6% fall in electricity use by non-household consumers, whereas the household electricity consumption decreased by 7.2 %.
Official data show that the net electricity production rose 38.3 % to 2787 GWh from 2016 GWh in the first quarter of 2022.
According to INSTAT, public hydropower plants accounted for 57.9% of the total electricity production, whereas privately-held power plants and plants operated under concession contracts accounted for 41.5% and other producers (renewable energy) generated 0.6 % of net domestic electricity production.
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