Electricity consumption in Italy: -3% in February

Demand in the first two months of 2017 has increased by 1% compared to the same period of 2016 (+1.8% based on the same number of days)

Rome, 20 March 2017 - In February 2017, according to data collected by Terna, the company that manages the national electricity grid, electricity demand in Italy was 24.9 billion kWh. The result, showing a 3% decrease compared to February 2016, constitutes a slight increase taking into account the number of days, due to the fact that last year was a leap year.
At the territorial level, the February 2017 trend was negative across the country: -2.8% in the North, -3.6% in Central Italy and -3.1% in the South.
The short-term seasonally adjusted value for February 2017 showed a decrease in electricity demand compared to the previous month (-1.7%). This represents a stable trend.
In February 2017, the electricity demand was met 87.2% with national production and the remaining part (12.8%) with the balance of electricity exchanged with foreign countries. In detail, net national production (21.9 billion kWh) grew by +3.1% compared to February 2016. Thermal production increased (+11.2%), as did solar production (+3.3%) while hydroelectric (-13.9%), wind (-30.2%) and geothermal (-4.4%) production dropped.
The provisional detailed monthly analysis of electricity demand for 2017 and 2016 are available in the publication 'Monthly Report on the Electricity System', under the section 'Electric System»Dispatching»Operating Data»Monthly Report' at www.terna.it