ST. PETERSBURG, June 19. /TASS/. Electricity consumption in Russia has declined by 1% since the beginning of the year, excluding the leap year adjustment - in absolute terms, consumption fell by 1.6%, Head of the System Operator of the Unified Energy System Fedor Opadchy told TASS.

"Minus 1.6% in absolute electricity consumption, minus 1% if we exclude the leap year. And plus 0.1% when adjusted for temperature factors," he stated.

In June, Deputy Energy Minister Evgeny Grabchak noted that electricity consumption in Russia had declined by 1% year-to-date, excluding the extra day in the leap year of 2024.

Earlier, representatives of the System Operator told journalists that electricity consumption in Russia could increase by 3% in 2025, reaching 1.226 trillion kWh.

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