The electricity consumption in Romania shrank by 7.7% y/y to 21.08TWh in Jan-May, the statistics office reported. Consumption plunged by 22% y/y to 3.9TWh in May alone, according to our calculations.
In the economy alone [non-residential consumers], the use of electricity decreased by 9.6% y/y in Jan-May and by 28% y/y in May alone – according to our approximations based on unrevised past data.
The sharp decline in energy use in May is consistent with the weaker industrial activity in the month amid Labour Day-Easter holiday. For the combined Apr-May period, the electricity consumption still decreased by 12% y/y and by 16% y/y for non-residential consumers.
On the production side, power output fell 5.9% y/y in Jan-May and 21% y/y in May alone. Hydropower output returned to normal levels this year when it increased by 18.4% y/y in Jan-May — and by a mere 0.5% y/y in May alone.
Wind generation more than doubled to 2.16TWh in Jan-May when it accounted for 8.8% of the total power generated in the period from 4.0% a year earlier. The lower power consumption had the toughest impact on the thermal power generation, which decreased by 25.9% y/y in Jan-May and by 48% y/y in May alone.
| mn kWh | 5-mo 13 | y/y | May-13 | y/y | Apr-May 13 | y/y |
| SUPPLY | 24,737 | -7.1% | 4,345 | -21% | 9,007 | -12% |
| Domestic | 24,446 | -5.9% | 4,276 | -21% | 8,881 | -11% |
| thermal | 10,752 | -25.9% | 1,511 | -48% | 2,921 | -41% |
| hydro | 6,801 | 18.4% | 1,731 | 0% | 3,431 | 10% |
| nuclear | 4,735 | 1.4% | 692 | 17% | 1,717 | 9% |
| wind | 2,159 | 105.4% | 342 | 97% | 811 | 101% |
| import | 291 | -54.5% | 69 | -43% | 127 | -46% |
| DEMAND | 24,737 | -7.1% | 4,345 | -21% | 9,007 | -12% |
| End consumers | 21,081 | -7.7% | 3,916 | -22% | 7,972 | -12% |
| economy | 15,614 | -9.6% | 2,753 | -28% | 5,804 | -16% |
| public lighting | 283 | -9.1% | 42 | -12% | 94 | -8% |
| households | 5,184 | -1.3% | 1,120 | -1% | 2,074 | -1% |
| Technological own consumption | 3,176 | -0.9% | 390 | -9% | 892 | -3% |
| Export | 480 | -16.8% | 39 | -54% | 144 | -36% |
| Source: INS |
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