Primary energy resources increased by 2%, in the first ten months of the current year, and those of electricity decreased by 4.2%, compared to the same period in 2018, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The main primary energy resources between January 1 and October 31, 2019 totaled 29.21 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), increasing by 568,900 toe as compared to January 1 – October 31, 2018, according to Agerpres.

Domestic production totaled 16.64 million toe, decreasing by 666,700 toe compared to the same period of the previous year, and the import was 12.57 million toe.

During this period, electricity resources amounted to 53.19 billion kWh, decreasing by 2.31 billion kWh, compared to the corresponding period of 2018. The final electricity consumption during this period was of 46.01 billion kWh, 0.2% lower than the corresponding period of 2018; public lighting increased by 12.2%, and population consumption increased by 22.4%.

The export of electricity was of 2.75 billion kWh, down by 2.03 billion kWh.