XM data reveals that in May The energy demand was 6,940.24 gigawatt hours, which means that it increased 1.45 percent compared to national consumption in May 2023 when demand was 6,845.51 gigawatt hours.
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With this data, So far in 2024 and ending May 31, energy consumption has accumulated growth of 5.54 percent if compared to the same period in 2023.
It is important to keep in mind that the growth of the electrical energy demand They are calculated as the weighted average of the growth of the different types of days (business days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
With this type of calculation, the fluctuations that occur in the monthly monitoring are reduced, caused by the dependence of energy consumption in relation to the number of days presented in the month of analysis.
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Discriminated by type of consumer, in May the energy consumption of the residential and small business sector (regulated market) It showed a growth of 3 percent and was 4,781.79 gigawatt hours.
For its part, electricity consumption by industry and commerce (unregulated market) registered a decrease of 1.86 percent, reaching 2,120.98 gigawatt hours.
The economic activity that recorded the greatest increase in energy consumption was Construction, accommodation, information and communications (3.88 percent). On the contrary, Social, communal and personal services (-17.87 percent) and Supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (15.36 percent), were the ones that decreased consumption the most.
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However, the economic activities that had the greatest participation in energy demand during May were Manufacturing industries (39.72 percent) and mining and quarrying (30.1 percent).
By regions, Guaviare was the one with the greatest growth in the demand for electrical energy, with 12.84 percent. Then appear Chocó (3.59 percent), Caribbean (3.1 percent), Center (2.28 percent), Oriente (0.76 percent), Tolima, Huila and Caquetá (0.51 percent) , Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda (0.49 percent) and Antioquia (0.45 percent).
The regions that presented a fall in electricity consumption were Sur (-0.63 percent) and Valle (-1.92 percent).
