Important News for Production Units: New Industrial Electricity Quota Approved

With the approval of the new industrial power supply plan, the outlook for production units in the second half of the year has shifted, a decision that could affect production levels in the coming months.

Ambassador Arjan: With the approval of the new industrial electricity supply program, the outlook for production units in the second half of the year has been accompanied by changes; A decision that can affect the production process in the coming months.

Ezzatullah Zarei, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, in explaining the country's power generation capacity and the state of power supply for industries, stated: the capacity of installed power plants in the country is about 99,200 megawatts, and the power generation capacity of these power plants reaches 87,000 megawatts; However, in peak conditions, about 62,000 megawatts of electricity are produced, and the industry sector's share of grid electricity is about 15%.

Referring to the emphasis of the President and the Ministry of Peace on the need to support the production sector, he said: the role of industry in economic growth, employment, people's livelihood and creating peace in families is clear and undeniable; Therefore, industries should not be prioritized for electricity restrictions.

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To explain the importance of continuous production, Zarei added: A refrigerator at home, alone and without goods in it, does not have much effect on people's lives; Therefore, if we want the refrigerators to be full of goods and the needs of the people to be met, we must allow production, as the backbone of the country's economy, to continue properly and continuously so that the society feels safe and calm.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Security, who appeared in a TV program, stated that 16,550 megawatts of electricity have been divided among different industries, and this issue has been announced to the industries. This program has been approved after being proposed in the Supreme Energy Council and with the support provided, and we hope that it will be implemented more calmly in the second half of the year.

He said about the implementation time of these programs: At the beginning of the second half of the year and especially in the first two months, when the country has not yet entered the cold season and is not facing the peak consumption caused by the heat, the electricity of the industries must be fully supplied so that the production units can operate with a greater capacity and increase their production.

Referring to the electricity supply situation of the industrial towns this summer, Zarei said: With the support of the president, the industrial towns did not face a power outage for almost a month in the summer. Currently, if there is a power outage in some areas, its duration may be limited to a few hours; Based on this, the electricity supply situation of industrial towns is better than in the past.