Rio de Janeiro – The consumption of electric energy in Brazil declined 2.9% in July over the same month of last year, reported this Tuesday (1st) the Energy Research Company (EPE), from the Ministry of Mines and Energy. According to the EPE, an adverse economic scenario, increase in power prices, milder temperatures and decline of purchasing power all contributed to the results. Between January and July, the decline of electric energy consumption was of 1.4%. Year-to-July, the decline was of 0.2%.
The steeper decline in the month was with home consumption (-5%), the highest in the last ten years, EPE reported. In the southeast region, reduction of energy consumption reached 7% in all states, with the highlight being Rio de Janeiro (-11%). In the north and south regions, residential consumption also showed a significant decline, with -8.2% and 5%, respectively.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
