Power generation in the Russian Federation in Q1 2021 increased by 4.9% with an increase in power consumption by 3.9% - SO UPS. Power export increased 2.4 times - CDU FEC

Power  consumption in the first three months of 2021 in Russia as a whole amounted to 301.5 billion kWh, which is 3.9% more than in the same period in 2020 (excluding consumption on February 29 of a leap year 2020 - higher by 5, 0%). In the UES of Russia, the indicator increased by the same 3.9%, reaching 296.9 billion kWh (excluding consumption on February 29 of a leap year 2020 - higher by 5.1%), according to the message of the UES System Operator (SO UPS ).

At the same time, power generation in Russia as a whole increased by 4.9% - up to 308.3 billion kWh, and in the UPS of Russia - by 5% - up to 303.6 billion kWh (excluding the influence of February 29 of the leap year 2020 the growth in output in January-March 2021 amounted to 6.1% for the UPS of Russia, 6.0% for Russia as a whole).

Including in the UPS of Russia, the generation of TPPs amounted to 180 billion kWh (+ 7%), HPPs - 47.3 billion kWh (-4.7%), NPPs - 57.2 billion kWh (+7, 8%), power plants of industrial enterprises - 17.9 billion kWh (+ 0.5%).

Data for three months of 2021

Power exports from Russia in January-March 2021 increased 2.4 times compared to the same period last year, to 6.5 billion kWh, TASS reports, citing materials from the Central Dispatching Office (CDU) of the FEC.