When observing the demand by type of user, indicated FUNDALEC, “we must compare the growth with a month in which an epidemiological situation of greater risk was presented.” In the comparison of October with September, the report continued, a growth of 0.7% was detected.
Last month a maximum power of 23,317 Mw was recorded, a far cry from the historical record of 26,451 Mw recorded in January 2021.
Residential demand for electricity represented 43% of the country’s total demand and had a 1.9% rise compared to the same month of the previous year.
Meanwhile, commercial demand rose 4.8% and represented 28% of total consumption, while industrial demand (which accounts for another 28%) experienced “a strong rise in the month, of the order of approximately 7%.” Regarding consumption by provinces and companies, in October there were 21 that marked increases: Santiago del Estero (12%); San Luis (10%); EDES (10%); EDEA and Santa Cruz (8% each); EDEN (7%); Córdoba, Santa Fe and San Juan (6%); La Rioja, Entre Ríos and Tucumán (5%).
La Pampa and Catamarca also registered increases in electricity demand (4%); Jujuy and Mendoza (3%); Edelap and Río Negro (2%); and Salta (1%), among others.
Meanwhile, 6 provinces presented falls: Formosa (-20%), Chaco (-13%), Chubut (-9%), Misiones (-6%), Corrientes and Neuquén (-4%), among others, concluded FUNDALEC .
Source From: Ambito
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