Iran starts importing electricity from Azerbaijan to tackle power shortage
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TEHRAN, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Iran has begun importing electricity from its northern neighbor Azerbaijan to tackle its power shortage, official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
On Thursday, the electricity grid of Moghan in the northwest of Iran was synchronized with an electricity grid in Azerbaijan to feed 73 megawatts of electricity to Iran's power grid, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company, was quoted as saying.
Recently, increasing demand in the summer, among other factors, has caused discontinuities in power supply across Iran.
Mashhadi called on household consumers to control their consumption, especially during the peak hours, to reduce the pressure on the power grid.
According to the report, more than 50 percent of electricity consumption in Iran is allocated to household consumption. Enditem
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