China's electricity consumption increased 6.8% year on year to 694.7 TWh in September, showed data from the National Energy Administration on October 13.
The two-year average growth stood at 7.4%, the NEA data showed.
Specifically, residential power usage increased 3.7% on the year to 110.7 TWh. For non-residential segment, the primary industries – mainly the agricultural sector — consumed 9.7 TWh of electricity, up 14.9% from a year earlier. The secondary industries – mainly the industrial sector – used 445.1 TWh, up 6% year on year, while the tertiary industry – mainly the service sector – registered a 12.1% rise to 129.2 TWh.
China consumed a total of 6,165.1 TWh of electricity in January-September, a year-on-year rise of 12.9%.
Residential power usage rose 7% to 908.8 TWh during the period. The primary industries consumed 75.7 TWh, up 18.9%; the secondary industries and the tertiary industry respectively used 4,098 TWh and 1,082.6 TWh of electricity, up 12.3% and 20.7%.
(Writing by Alex Guo Editing by Harry Huo)
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