TIRANA, Aug 29 /ATA/ The use of electricity by consumers, in the second quarter of 2023, decreased by 3.5% reaching the value of 1,479 GWh from 1,533 GWh that was in the second quarter of 2022.
According to the report published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), the decrease in the use of electricity by consumers was influenced by non-household consumers, where electricity consumption dropped by 7.3%, while the energy consumed by household consumers increased by 1.2%.
The net domestic production of electricity in this period increased by 37.8% reaching the value of 2,269 GWh from 1,647 GWh of energy produced in the second quarter of 2022.
This production was realized by public hydropower plants to the extent of 52.3%, by private and concessionary hydropower plants to the extent of 46.5% and by other producers (photovoltaics) to the extent of 1.2% of the net domestic production of electricity.
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