Electricity consumption in Russia has increased by 2% since the beginning of 2022
Electricity consumption for the eight months of 2022 in Russia as a whole amounted to 734.0 billion kWh, which is 2.0% more than in the same period in 2021. In the UPS of Russia, electricity consumption since the beginning of the year amounted to 722.9 billion kWh, which is also 2.0% more than in January-August 2021.
Since the beginning of 2022, electricity generation in Russia as a whole amounted to 745.2 billion kWh, which is 1.4% more than the generation in January-August 2021. Electricity generation in the UPS of Russia for the eight months of 2022 amounted to 734.1 billion kWh, which is also 1.4% more than the same period last year.
The main load to meet the demand for electricity in the UPS of Russia during the eight months of 2022 was borne by thermal power plants, the generation of which amounted to 403.4 billion kWh, which is 3.0% more than in January-August 2021. The generation of HPPs over the same period amounted to 134.2 billion kWh (5.4% less than in the eight months of 2021), the generation of nuclear power plants - 145.7 billion kWh (2.0% more than in the same period in 2021), the output of power plants of industrial enterprises is 45.3 billion kWh (3.2% more than in January-August 2021).
Data for eight months of 2022
IPS |
Generation, billion kWh |
Relative to January–August 2021, % |
Consumption, billion kWh |
Relative to January–August 2021, % |
East |
32.0 |
6.9 |
28.8 |
3.9 |
Siberia |
142.5 |
0.9 |
146.4 |
3.3 |
Ural |
171.2 |
1.5 |
170.2 |
2.1 |
Middle Volga |
75.6 |
1.2 |
72.6 |
-0.2 |
Center |
161.3 |
-0.4 |
167.5 |
1.2 |
North West |
74.0 |
-0.3 |
63.3 |
0.8 |
South |
77.5 |
5.8 |
73.9 |
3.0 |
The total volumes of electricity consumption and generation in Russia as a whole are made up of indicators of electricity consumption and generation of facilities located in the Unified Energy System of Russia, and facilities operating in technologically isolated territorial energy systems (Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Territory, Sakhalin Region, Magadan Region, Chukotka Autonomous District). The actual performance indicators of the energy systems of technologically isolated territories are presented by the subjects of the operational dispatch control of these energy systems