Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January - July 2015, including in-process losses in the Ukrainian grids, decreased by 11.7 percent compared to the same period in 2014, to 89.035 billion kWh.
A source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry told Interfax-Ukraine that electricity consumption, excluding in-process losses in the Ukrainian grids, for the period decreased by 12.6 percent, to 70.444 billion kWh.
Industrial companies, excluding in-process losses, reduced energy consumption by 19.6 percent, to 29.684 billion kWh. In particular, steel industry consumed 17.179 billion kWh (a 16 percent fall compared to January – July 2014), fuel sector – 2.741 billion kWh (a 42.5 percent fall), engineering – 2.116 billion kWh (an 18.8 percent fall), chemical and petrochemical – 1.823 billion kWh (a 23.6 percent fall), food and processing – 2.277 billion kWh (a 12.4 percent fall), construction materials – 1.138 billion kWh (an 11.3 percent fall), others – 2.409 billion kWh (a 13.9 percent fall).
In addition, agricultural companies consumed 1.859 billion kWh (an 8.5 percent fall), transport – 3.957 billion kWh (a 9.5 percent fall), construction – 441.5 million kWh (a 14.3 percent fall).
The population of the country for the seven months in 2015 consumed 22.003 billion kWh (a 4.5 percent fall), households – 8.903 billion kWh (a 10.1 percent fall), other non-industrial consumers – 3.597 billion kWh (a 5.6 percent fall).
The share of industry in total electricity consumption in January – July 2015 decreased from 45.8 percent to 42.1 percent compared to the same period of 2014, while the share of the public rose from 28.6 percent to 31.2 percent.
In July 2015, electricity consumption, including in-process losses, decreased by 13.8 percent compared to the same month in 2014, to 11.156 billion kWh, excluding in-process losses – by 15.8 percent, to 8.793 billion kWh.
