SA Jan electricity consumption up 0.4% y/y
The actual volume of electricity consumption increased by 0.4% year-on-year in January 2012, data released by Stats SA on Thursday showed.
Seasonally adjusted electricity consumption increased by 1.4% for the three months ended January compared with the previous three months. In January, a month-on-month increase of 0.3% was recorded, following month-on-month changes of 0.3% in December 2011 and 1.0% in November 2011.
Seasonally adjusted electricity production increased by 1.1% for the three months ended January compared with the previous three months.
In January, a month-on-month increase of 0.5% was recorded, following month-on- month changes of 0.0% in December 2011 and 0.3% in November 2011.
The actual estimated electricity production increased by 1.3% year-on-year in January.
The total volume of electricity delivered by Eskom to the provinces decreased by 0.2% in January compared with January 2011. Notable decreases in volume terms recorded for Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Western Cape were to a large extent counteracted by increases recorded for KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and North West, Stats SA said.
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