OREANDA-NEWS. On 30 April 2009 was announced, that according to operational information generating companies of IES-Holding (TGC-5, TGC-6, TGC-7 and TGC-9) generated 21,070 million kWh of power in the first quarter of 2009 which is 7.3% less then for the same period of 2008. In the first quarter of 2008 power plants generated 22,727 million kWh of power.

According to the analysis implemented by IES Division - Trading which realizes unified strategy on the Russian wholesale capacity and electric power market, the decrease in output is caused by overall reduction of demand for electric power. The reduction of consumption in 16 regions in which territorial generating companies of IES-Holding operate comprises approximately 8% comparing to the last year as Trading Division informs.

Heat generation by co-generating plants of IES-Holding reduced by 3.56% and comprised 47.7 million Gcal of heat. In contrast to other generating companies of IES, TGC-5 faced increase in heat consumption comparing to the last year. This growth was caused by lower atmosphere temperatures in February and March in the region this year comparing to the same period of the last year. The general trend of heat output decrease resulted from the decrease in heat consumption by industrials, Trading Division representatives note.