Electricity consumption up by 20% due to the cold weather

Electricity consumption increased by almost 20% due to the extremely cold weather, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) reported today. Consumption varies between 5200 MW and 7000 MW in the different hours and according to the Operator’s forecasts for tonight, it will even exceed 7000 MW. In order to meet the domestic demand, the ESO switched on the three cold reserve units of the Varna TPP, as well as the big hydroelectric power plants, owned by the National Electric Company. Electricity consumption increased by almost 400 MW in a single day due to the cold weather. According to the company forecasts, in the first days of February the consumption of electricity will exceed 7100 MW at peak hours and the highest consumption will be registered on the evening of February 2 - 7203 MW.

There are no problems with the power lines at present and the export of electricity continues, added ESO. Bulgaria exports about 900 MW to Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey, the largest amounts going to Skopje and Ankara. At the same time, Romania transits between 260 and 560 MW of electricity via our electricity grid according to a schedule.

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