OREANDA-NEWS. August 14, 2008. In the 1st half of the year 2008, the current consumption in regions of the north-west grew 2 % up to 23.4 million kWh. Thus volumes of losses were kept within the established standard parameters and equaled 6.5 % of the supply to the grid.

The greatest growth of the regional consumption is fixed in the Arkhangelsk region (4 %), the Republic of Karelia (3.9 %) and Vologda region (3.3 %). In the Pskov region, supply to the grid increased 2.6 %; in the Republic of Komi it increased 2.4 %, in the Novgorod region it grew 2.3 % in comparison with the similar period of 2007.

Power consumption indicators decrease is observed in the Murmansk region (1.4 %).