Electric consumption in the Kingdom grew by 6.8 percent to 256.7 million megawatt (MMW) in 2013 compared to 240.3 MMW in 2012, according to a financial report.
The housing sector captured the biggest portion of electric consumption at 49 percent in 2013, followed by the industrial sector at 20 percent, the commercial sector (13 percent), the government sector (11 percent), the agro sector (2 percent), and others (3 percent), the report, filed by Al-Eqtisadiah daily, said.
According to the report, the industrial sector consumed some 51.08 MMW in 2013 compared to 41.58 MMW in 2012, or an increase of 23 percent.
On the other hand, the Eastern Province’s industrial power consumption rose by nearly 7.5 m MW in 2013, or 80 percent of the sector’s total consumption Kingdomwide, despite the fact that EP’s subscribers were not the highest.
On subscriber basis, the Central (Riyadh) Region had the biggest subscriber base of the industrial sector at 3,100 in 2013 compared to 2,901 in 2012, or an increase of 7 percent. The number of subscribers in the EP stood at 2,326 in 2013, the report said.
Meanwhile, consumption of the housing sector rose to 125.68 MMW in 2013 compared to 120.47 MMW in 2012. The Western Region had the biggest contribution to consumption growth at 3.8 MMW, or 73 percent of the total housing consumption, followed by the Southern Region (33 percent).
In the EP and Central Region, consumption fell by 6 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. However, the Central Region had the biggest subscriber base in the housing sector at 1.77 m in 2013 compared to 1.66 m subscribers in 2012, the report said.
The rate of power consumption in the commercial sector, meanwhile, marginally increased by 1 percent to 39.4 MMW in 2013 compared to 39.26 MMW in 2012. Unlike the above sector, power consumption in government and agro sectors dropped by 10 percent and 2 percent to reach 27.38 MMW and 4.29 MMW, respectively, in 2013, the report said.
Electric consumption grew by 6.8% to 256.7m MW
