Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in April 2023, the province's electricity consumption in the whole society was 22.36 billion kwh, an increase of 6.4%, and the growth rate dropped by 2.7 percentage points from the previous month. From January to April, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 95.85 billion kwh, an increase of 6.6%.
The growth rate of electricity consumption in the primary industry dropped sharply. In April, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 170 million kwh, an increase of 3.3%, and the growth rate dropped by 12.4 percentage points from the previous month. From January to April, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 820 million kwh, an increase of 7.2%.
The growth rate of industrial electricity consumption has slowed down. In April, the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 17.24 billion kwh, an increase of 4.7%, of which the industrial electricity consumption was 17.04 billion kwh, an increase of 4.7%, and the growth rate dropped by 4.7 percentage points from the previous month. From January to April, the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 71.07 billion kwh, an increase of 6.4%, of which the industrial electricity consumption was 70.23 billion kwh, an increase of 6.6%.
In terms of key industries, in April, the electricity consumption of petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries increased by 34.8%, the electricity consumption of ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industries increased by 9.7%, and the electricity consumption of non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 6.3% %, electricity consumption in the production and supply of electricity and heat power increased by 5.9%, electricity consumption in the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products increased by 3.1%, electricity consumption in the coal mining and washing industry increased by 0.7%, and non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industries Electricity consumption fell 1.1%.
The power consumption of the tertiary industry remained stable. In April, the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 2.88 billion kwh, an increase of 13.0%, and the growth rate was 0.6 percentage points faster than that of the previous month. From January to April, the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 12.91 billion kwh, an increase of 6.9%.
In terms of categories, in April, the electricity consumption of the accommodation and catering industry increased by 48.6%, the electricity consumption of the wholesale and retail industry increased by 40.5%, the electricity consumption of the leasing and business service industry increased by 40.2%, and the electricity consumption of information transmission, software and information The electricity consumption of the technical service industry increased by 33.8%, the electricity consumption of the real estate industry increased by 30.7%, and the electricity consumption of the transportation, warehousing and postal industries increased by 9.4%.
Residents' living electricity consumption has grown rapidly. In April, the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 2.07 billion kwh, an increase of 12.4%, and the growth rate was 8.9 percentage points faster than that of the previous month. From January to April, the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 11.06 billion kwh, an increase of 7.5%.