on october 16, the national energy administration released data on electricity consumption in the whole society in september.
in september, the entire society consumed 781.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%. in terms of industries, the primary industry consumed 11.7 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%; the secondary industry consumed 519.2 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%; the tertiary industry consumed 146.7 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%. %; the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 103.5 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%.
from january to september, the total electricity consumption in the whole society was 6,863.7 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%. in terms of industries, the primary industry consumed 97.6 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 11.3%; the secondary industry consumed 4,470.3 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; the tertiary industry consumed 1,254.6 billion kwh of electricity, a year-on-year increase of 10.1 %; the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 1,041.2 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%.
