The final consumption of electricity totaled, in the first ten months of this year, 43.203 billion kWh, being 6.4% lower than the corresponding period of 2021, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), quoted by Agerpres.

Public lighting decreased by 0.7% and population consumption decreased by 8.8%. Own technological consumption in networks and stations was of 4.159 billion kWh, down by 251.6 million kWh.

The export of electricity was 5.688 billion kWh, up by 691.8 million kWh.

Between January 1 and October 31, 2022, primary energy resources decreased by 0.8%, and electricity resources decreased by 4.5% compared to the same period in 2021.

The main primary energy resources totaled 27.607 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), down by 218,100 toe compared to the same period of the previous year.