Kosovo cities most consuming electricity

Electricity consumption in Kosovo is marking growth year-on-year. Compared to the same period in the preliminary year, Kosovars have consumed 27.49% more electricity in the second quarter of 2021.

Even in the third quarter of 2021, consumption growth trend has continued. According to data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency, in this quarter the amount of electricity for consumption was 1 125.9 GWh electricity. In relation to the same quarter of 2020, the amount of electricity consumed has increased to 23.11%.

New data provided by Kosovo. Energy for 2021 shows that Pristina's district is responsible for 33% of annual consumption, followed by Ferizaj's district by 14% and Prizren's with 13%.

The above data does not include the Northern Mitrovica municipality, where consumption growth for 13.7% was reported in 2020 alone.

Commercial consumers along with industrial ones consume less electricity than households

In Kosovo, there are three categories of consumers of electricity, divided into households, commercial consumers and industrial consumers.

Data published on the ZERE website for 2019 shows that household consumption was considerably higher than consumption by other categories. This year 2,515 GWh of electricity has been consumed by households, followed by 1,002 GWh by commercial consumers and 873 GWh from industrial consumers.

This data shows that consumption from households is over twice as high as consumption by commercial consumers, or in other words, commercial consumers along with industrial ones consume less electricity than those in the household.

In 2019, of a total of 6,001 GWh consumed, 4,408 GWh is consumed by these three categories, or about 73.4% of the total value. In the rest of the remaining around 26.6% are part of technical and commercial losses, transmission losses and KEK's internal consumption.

What is causing high electricity consumption, and how can this affect electricity prices?

Since natural gas is used in homes and residential facilities in many European countries as the main source of heating energy, the same is not true in Kosovo. Warming is the biggest supplier of electricity, and its use is increasing the demand for electricity in astronomical figures.

According to analysis, the situation is alarming, since the consumption point is reaching 1600 every day and is not falling until midnight. Massive consumer growth, with temperatures declining, is bringing more electricity purchases from abroad, where electricity prices are known to be fivefold higher than last year.

So the more it is imported with these high prices from abroad, the more we are at risk of rising the price of electricity.

This sharp increase in consumption during the winter season is taking place because of a number of factors. Among them is the lack of alternatives and other heating sources in our country.

At the moment only in two Kosovo cities, in Pristina (Centire City Q Termokos) and Gjakova ( There are thermal power systems, so they don't use electricity for heating.

Since these systems do not supply the entire city, many consumers are warmed by combining fuels with electricity, as the largest consumption comes from consumers who are heated only by electricity.

Another factor that has contributed to increased electricity consumption as well as demand demand is the rapid construction of multi-story objects, all of which are using electricity for heating. Whether this central power heat, or mobile heat, all of this is affecting the overload of electricity grid as well as the staggering increase in consumption during the winter season.

K ECCO has appealed to consumers in recent months to save electricity as much as possible.

If we all save, it will affect consumer reduction and ease the burdens of the electromagnetic system.

All consumers have a single weapon in their hands, and this weapon is the maximum savings of electricity.