Samruk-Energy JSC on the electricity and coal market of Kazakhstan for 5 months of 2020

According to the System Operator, power plants of the Republic of Kazakhstan generated 45,577.5 million kWh of electricity in January-May 2020, which is 3.3% more than the same period in 2019. An increase in production was observed in all zones of the UES of Kazakhstan. This is stated in the Report with the analysis of the electricity and coal market of Kazakhstan for the period January – May 2020, posted on the website of Samruk-Energy JSC.

Over the five months of 2020, electricity production associated with generation facilities that are not part of the JSC "Samruk-Energo"amounted to 22.5 billion kWh, which is almost comparable to the same period in 2019 (22.8 billion kWh). At the same time, in comparison with January-May 2019, the share of electricity production associated with generation facilities that are not part of the JSC "Samruk-Energo" increased slightly, and amounted to 49.6% of the total electricity production in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The volume of electricity production by energy-producing organizations of Samruk-Energy JSC for January-May 2020 amounted to 12,225.7 million kWh or an increase of 7% compared to the same period in 2019.

According to the System Operator, in January-May 2020, there was a 2% increase in the dynamics of electricity consumption in the republic compared with January-May 2019. So, in the northern zone of the republic, consumption increased by 2%, in the western by 5% and in the southern by 1%.