[경제]’Arctic Cold Wave’ Electricity Demand Records Highest in Winter

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As the demand for heating power surged due to the’Arctic Cold Wave’ that hit the country, the demand for electricity reached a record high in winter.

As tomorrow (8th) is colder, the record for peak power demand is expected to break again.

Reporter Kim Jang-ha on the report.

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As General Dong raged, the demand for electricity reached a record high in winter.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said that the maximum power demand as of 5 pm was 92 million KW.

The instantaneous power demand by hour has already exceeded 88.2 million KW at 9:00 am, the rush hour, and it fell during the daytime and jumped to 9.61 million KW at 4:40 pm.

The maximum power demand of 9,200,000 KW is not an instantaneous power demand, but an average calculated value for each hour.

The Ministry of Industry said that the peak-hour power supply capacity was 98.8 million kW, with a supply reserve of 8.87 million kW and a reserve rate of 9.7%, maintaining a stable supply and demand state.

On the 8th, the peak of the cold is expected to set the record for the winter season again.

According to this, the Ministry of Industry and Industry decided to release all restrictions on the upper limit of coal power generation to have a supply capacity of 110 million KW, the largest this winter, and to secure a reserve of more than 10 million KW and a reserve rate of 11%.

Normally, when the supply reserve falls below 7 million KW, the government carefully monitors it, and when it falls below 4.5 million KW, an emergency phase is issued.

This is YTN Kim Jang-ha.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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