Central America: Energy Consumption Drops 8%

Due to the drop in economic activity generated by the covid-19 crisis, a 7.9% reduction in domestic electricity consumption was reported in the region between March and June 2020, when compared to the levels of the same period in 2019.

Monday, August 3, 2020

Regarding the reduction of internal consumption of electricity in the countries from March to June 2020, we have that Guatemala had a drop in its demand of 239 GWh (Gigawatt hours), which corresponds to 6.6% compared to the consumption of electricity in 2019, in the case of El Salvador with a reduction of 335 GWh, equivalent to 15.4%, says a report from the Regional Operating Agency (EOR).

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According to the document entitled "Special Report: Impact of Covid-19 on the Regional Electricity Market (MER)", Nicaragua reports a 36 GWh decrease, which is 2.4% less, the national system of Costa Rica reports a 4.8% variation, which corresponds to 180 GWh, and in the case of Panama, a decrease in its energy consumption of 362 GWh, which is equivalent to 9%.

The study highlights that "... When comparing the accumulated programmed withdrawals of electrical energy from MER, between January 1 and June 29, 2019, which corresponded to 1,443.4 GWh, with respect to the accumulated withdrawals programmed in the same period of the present year 2020 of 1,392.5 GWh, we can see that a 3.5% reduction is registered in 2020 with respect to 2019.

However, between March and June 2020, the reduction in electricity transactions was 183.7 GWh, equivalent to 17.7%.
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