The electricity consumption in Romania decreased by 7.6% y/y to under 24.4TWh in H1, according to data published by the statistics office INS.

The electricity consumption in the economy declined by 5.7% y/y to 18.5TWh, and the households used 12.6% less electricity in the same period (less than 5.7TWh).

The country’s output increased by 5.1% y/y to 29.9TWh – but this includes 2.7TWh own consumption of the grid operators, suppliers and power generators.

Romania’s electricity export doubled to 6.4TWh while imports increased by 6.3% y/y to 3.6TWh. 

iulian@romania-insider.com

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