Iran's Electricity Exports Rise

Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA - Iran exported 5,566.9 gigawatt-hours of electricity to neighboring countries during March 21-September 22, 2014. The figure indicates a 2.66 percent growth compared with that of the corresponding period of last year which was 5,422.9 gigawatt-hours. In this period, Iran’s electricity imports fell by 7.12 percent year-on-year to amount to 1,745.5 gigawatt-hours. Last year’s figure was 1,879. Iran exchanges electricity with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, Iraq and Afghanistan. In January, Homayoun Haeri, the managing director of Iran Power Generation Transmission & Distribution Management Company, said Iran is currently the biggest electricity producer in the Middle East. Haeri added that Iran’s total electricity generation currently stands at 70,000 megawatt-hours. Earlier, Zaman Hosseini, managing director of Tehran Regional Electric Company, said Iran ranks 1st and 14th in the Middle East and the world respectively in electricity production. He also noted that Iran provides electricity services to 21 countries./end