The consumption of electricity, which is considered as one of the most important indicators of economic development, increased 6.2 percent in October, 2009 in Turkey when compared to October, 2008.

According to figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS), electricity consumption has been continuously dropping due to economic crisis; and it increased for the first time in October this year.

Electricity consumption, which was 14.9 billion kilowatt/hour in October 2008, rose to 15.8 billion kilowatt/hour in October 2009.

The consumption in September 2009 was 15.3 billion kilowatt/hour.

On the other hand, the electricity consumption in the first ten months of 2009 dropped 3.9 percent when compared to the same period of 2008.

The consumption in January-October 2008 was 166.8 billion kilowatt/hour; it was 160.2 billion kilowatt/hour in the same period of 2009.


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