According to the National Energy Administration website, on September 14, the National Energy Administration released data on electricity consumption in the whole society in August.
In August, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 886.1 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. In terms of industries, the primary industry consumed 14.2 billion kWh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%; the secondary industry consumed 545.8 billion kWh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%; the tertiary industry consumed 171.1 billion kWh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. %; the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 155 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year decrease of 9.9%.
From January to August, the total electricity consumption in the whole society was 6,082.6 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%. In terms of industries, the primary industry consumed 85.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%; the secondary industry consumed 3,951.1 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%; the tertiary industry consumed 1,107.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%. %; urban and rural residents’ domestic electricity consumption was 937.7 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1%.