Yazd Cuts Electricity Consumption by 12 Megawatts Under Mahtab Plan

YAZD – The managing director of the Yazd Province Electricity Distribution Company announced a reduction of about 12 megawatts in electricity consumption and the collection of 176 cryptocurrency mining devices during the implementation of the national Mahtab Plan.

Yazd- The CEO of the Yazd Province Electric Power Distribution Company announced the reduction of about 12 megawatts of electricity consumption and the collection of 176 miner devices during the implementation of the National Mehtab Project.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, citing the public relations of Yazd Province Electricity Distribution Company, Mohammad Javad Jalili stated: During the implementation of the national plan for intelligent management of the electricity network until October 17 of this year, several measures have been taken to reduce casualties, identify unauthorized consumption and manage electricity consumption in the province.

He added: During this period, 6 thousand 897 defective replacement meters, 167 unauthorized and manipulated collection branches, and 30 unauthorized cryptocurrency mining centers have been identified. Also, 23 cases of unauthorized electricity supply to peddlers and mobile guilds have been identified and 176 miner devices have been collected.

The CEO of Yazd Province Electric Power Distribution Company continued: installing 6,306 meters for new subscribers, testing 2,493 water wells and agricultural pumping, and performing 4,106 demand tests and applying CT coefficients are among the other actions of this project.

Referring to the decrease in the cases of not reading the meter, Jalili said: the number of subscribers who did not read the meter for more than three periods has decreased by 31,997 cases.

He mentioned visiting and testing 854 mosques and religious centers, installing 1,14 fuses limiting power consumption, setting 2,242 astronomical hours and adjusting the load of 17,156 city lights, highways and parks as other electricity consumption management measures in the form of this plan.

The CEO of Yazd Province Electric Power Distribution Company added: In the network development and improvement department, 108 kilometers of wire network have been converted to self-supporting cables, 99 transformers have been installed and 12 new 20 kV feeders have been built.

Jalili noted: In total, 6 million 142 thousand 800 kilowatt hours of energy have been identified and counted within the framework of this project.

These actions were explained on the sidelines of the 32nd Mehtab project nationwide exercise hosted by Nair city of Yazd province and through online video communication with Tovanir company and other electricity distribution companies of the country.