Again according to EPE, in Brazil the average increase in consumption was 1.1% over the year.
The consumption of electricity Residential in Brazil it was 39.3 GWh to the Q4 2022representing a Increase of 3.3% compared to the 3rd quarter, being the highest quarterly rate of the year. This is what a study of EP.E (Energy Research Society).
“Despite the increase in class consumption in the last quarter of 2022, there was a reclassification of consumers and an increase in new connections. This led to a decrease in average domestic consumption (-2.4%) compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, standing at 161.3 kW,” the study points out.
According to EPE data, the Brazilian regions had a gradual increase over the course of the year. With emphasis for the Northwith the highest rate of energy consumption in the residential class (6.4%), with Tocantins (9.9%) and Pará (8.6%) as the states with the largest increases.
already the South it was the second region with the highest consumption growth in the 4th quarter, with an increase of 5.4%. Above-average temperatures and drier climates have influenced the increase in consumption, with the states of Rio Grande do Sul (8.9%) and Santa Catarina (6.9%) being the highlights of the growth, the study pointed out.
The region southeast showed an increase in the consumption rate of 3.3%, especially in Espírito Santo with 8.7% and in Minas Gerais with 7.6%, reversing the low rate observed in previous quarters.
In turn, the region Midwest in the 4th quarter of the year, electricity consumption grew by 1.6%. The highlighted states were Goiás (4.4%), Federal District (3.5%) and Mato Grosso (2.9%).
The smallest increase recorded was the North East, which had only 1.5% in its growth. The states of Maranhão (11.6%), Alagoas (6.8%), Piauí (5.6%) and Sergipe (2.6%) were the ones that had the most influence on the rate growth in the region.
This growth was influenced by the reclassification of consumers carried out by the local distributor in Maranhão and by the reduction of energy losses in Piauí and Maranhão.
Again according to EPE, in Brazil the average increase in consumption was 1.1% over the year. The highest consumption recorded was in the Northern regions with 5.8% and in the South with an increase of 3.7% in 2022. The Northeast (0.1%), the Midwest (1.0%) and the Southeast (0.0%) had the smallest annual increase.
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Source: Terra

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