TIRANA, Nov 26 /ATA/ During the third quarter of 2025, the available electricity supply recorded a decrease of 1.1%.
Net domestic production reached 1,075 GWh, down from 1,565 GWh a year earlier, reflecting a significant decline of 31.3%. The decrease is mainly attributed to low rainfall, which directly affected the production capacity of hydropower plants.
According to the report published by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), 54.5% of domestic electricity production was supplied by public hydropower plants, 16.5% by private and concessioned hydropower plants, and 29% by other energy producers.”
Public hydropower plants produced 586 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in the third quarter of 2025, down from 1,088 GWh a year earlier, marking a decline of 46.1%.”
“Private and concessioned hydropower plants produced 178 GWh, compared to 292 GWh in 2024, representing a decrease of 39.0%.
Unlike the hydropower sector, other energy producers significantly increased their output by 68.4%, reaching 311 GWh compared to 185 GWh in 2024.
Grid losses decreased by 5.9%, reaching 323 GWh compared to 344 GWh last year. Their share of total available energy was 16%, down from 16.8% in the third quarter of 2024.
Electricity consumption by end users decreased slightly by 0.1%, reaching 1,700 GWh.
This decline was mainly driven by non-household consumers, who recorded a decrease of 0.3%, while household consumers registered a slight increase of 0.1%.
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