National Electricity Consumption Increased by 7.6% from the Year in November

On December 14th, the National Energy Administration released the data of electricity consumption in the entire society in November today. In November, the total social power consumption was 413.9 billion kWh, an increase of 7.6% year-on-year.

From January to November, the country’s entire society used 4502.8 billion kWh of electricity, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year. According to the classification, the primary industry's electricity consumption was 94 billion kwh, a decrease of 0.6%; the secondary industry's electricity consumption was 3319.1 billion kwh, an increase of 3.5%; the tertiary industry's electricity consumption was 518.3 billion kwh, an increase of 11.2%; urban and rural residents Life electricity consumption was 571.4 billion kwh, an increase of 10.6%.

From January to November, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment in the country was 4,174 hours, a decrease of 160 hours year-on-year. Among them, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment was 3,351 hours, an increase of 497 hours; the average utilization hours of thermal power equipment was 4,507 hours, a decrease of 301 hours.

From January to November, the country's new power production capacity (formally put into operation) was 57.3 million kilowatts, of which 13.12 million kilowatts of hydropower and 35.85 million kilowatts of thermal power.