ENERGO-PRO presented analyses of electricity consumption

The company registers increased consumption as a result of the cold

ENERGO-PRO registered increased electricity consumption in recent days, when temperatures dropped sharply. This was explained today, November 29, 2013, at a meeting with the media by the manager of ENERGO-PRO Varna, Mr. Stefan Abadzhiev. The company supplies electricity in the districts of Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Ruse, Silistra, Dobrich, Razgrad, Targovishte and Shumen.

In just one day, the average daily temperatures on the territory of North-Eastern Bulgaria dropped sharply by nearly 8 degrees — on November 25 they were about 10.5 degrees, and on November 26, 2013 — about 3.7 degrees. This inevitably affected the consumption of the electricity distribution company's customers. The company's data shows that on November 26, electricity consumption increased by more than 15% compared to the previous days. During these two days, it was just over 18,700 MWh, while on November 25 it was of the order of 16,200 MWh.

The total amount of electricity that ENERGO-PRO customers consumed in November was about 7% higher than the consumption in October.

Traditionally, lowering temperatures has an impact on electricity consumption, especially when it is used for heating. Of course, the consumption of each household is strictly individual and depends on a number of factors — the efficiency of appliances, individual style and volume of consumption.

In the winter months, the largest amount of electricity in households is consumed for heating, and the cost of electricity largely depends on the efficiency of the heating appliances used. In the event that the appliance chosen for this is an air conditioner, it is important to know that its efficiency strongly depends on the outside temperature. For example, at positive temperatures, air conditioners give off a larger amount of heat per unit of electrical energy, i.e. with 1 kilowatt of electrical energy consumed, a mid-range air conditioner gives off about 3 kilowatts of heat energy. A large number of these appliances reduce their effectiveness when lowering temperatures below 2˚ C. When the outside temperature reaches values of about -10˚ C and below, the consumption of air conditioners rises sharply.

It is important to emphasize that electricity consumption depends on both electrical appliances and the individual consumption of each household. In addition to heating appliances, there are other factors that affect the energy consumption of any home - the presence of good thermal insulation of the external walls of the dwelling or the building in which it is located, the installation of well-insulated window frames, etc.