Electricity consumption in Italy: +4,9% in January

Demand up by 1.9% on December: upward trend confirmed

Rome, 16 February 2017 - In January 2017, according to data collected by Terna, the company that manages the national electricity grid, electricity demand in Italy was 27.9 billion kWh, a 4.9% increase compared to the same month last year.

At the territorial level, January 2017 showed an upward trend across the country: +4.5% in the North, +4.7% in Central Italy and +5.7% in the South.

In terms of peak output, a high of 54,512 MW was reached at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday 11 January 2017, an 2.8% increase on the highest figure for January 2016.

The seasonally adjusted short-term profile for January 2017 showed an increase in electricity demand of 1.9% compared to the previous month. The upward trend recorded since last November was confirmed.

In January 2017, 95.4% of the electricity demand was met with national production and the remaining part (4.6%) was met with the balance of electricity exchanged with foreign countries. More specifically, net national production (26.8 billion kWh) grew by 17.7% compared to January 2016. Hydroelectric power production increased (+22.5%), as did thermal production (+21.1%) and solar (+7%), while production from geothermal (-0.8%) and wind power (-7.4%) 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' atwww.terna.it