Electricity consumption in Ukraine in 2021, taking into account in-process losses in networks, increased by 5.7% (by 8.391 billion kWh) compared to 2020 – to 154.826 billion kWh, according to the data of the Ministry of Energy.
According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, excluding technological losses, electricity consumption over the past year increased by 6.4% – up to 125.483 billion kWh.
The country’s industry, excluding technological losses, increased electricity consumption by 6% – up to 52.274 billion kWh. Metallurgical industry consumed 28.873 billion kWh (more 6.4% from 2020), fuel – 3.262 billion kWh (more 0.9%), machine building – 3.522 billion kWh (up 11.3%), chemical and petrochemical – 4.349 billion kWh (up 4.6%), food and processing – 4.405 billion kWh (up 1.5%), construction materials – 2.670 billion kWh (up 14.4%), others – 5.194 billion kWh (up 5%).
In addition, agricultural enterprises consumed 3.692 billion kWh (down 2.8%), transport – 6.171 billion kWh (up 8%), construction – 1.064 billion kWh (up 11.2%).
The country’s population last year consumed 38.659 billion kWh (up 5.8%), household consumers – 15.024 billion kWh (up 5.8%), other non-industrial consumers – 8.599 billion kWh (up 16.5%).
The share of industry in the total electricity consumption in 2021 decreased to 41.7% from 41.8%, and the share of the population – to 30.8% from 31%.
In December 2021, electricity consumption, taking into account technological losses, increased by 1.7% compared to the same month of 2020 – to 15.344 billion kWh, excluding technological losses – by 1.7%, to 11.890 billion kWh.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine has terminated the powers of a member of the supervisory board of the National Power Company Ukrenergo – the representative of the state Mykhailo Ilnytsky, having appointed Oleksandr Baraniuk instead.
According to Ukrenergo’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the order of the Ministry of Energy terminates the powers of Ilnytsky, who was in this position for 28 days. On January 5 of this year, Baraniuk was appointed a member of the Supervisory Board effective from January 6, for a period of three years.
