PODGORICA (Montenegro), November 27 (SeeNews) – Montenegro’s total power consumption rose by 4% year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2017 to 2,185.2 GWh, the country's power grid operator Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem (CEDIS) said.
In October alone, the total power consumption in Montenegro increased by 2% month-on-month to 191.9 GWh in October, but remained unchanged on an annual basis, CEDIS said in a statement on Friday.
Region 2, comprising the municipalities of Podgorica, Danilovgrad and Cetinje, accounted for the the largest share, 40%, of total power consumption in October.
Household electricity consumption in Montenegro rose 1.4% month-on-month to 88.6 million kWh in October, according to figures posted on the website of the country's power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) earlier this month.
On a year-on-year comparison basis, household electricity consumption fell 3.8% in October.