Where do electricity subscribers live with astronomical consumption?

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, the consumers of the electricity industry have inflicted irreparable blows on this industry so far, the traces of which can be clearly seen in the summer blackouts of the previous years.

Obviously when such statements as “The role of high-consumption minority in power outages” Is raised, orفتن The logical relationship seems a bit difficult. Some may think that these issues are an excuse to justify the activities of those in charge of the electricity industry, but if we pay a little more attention to the issue, we will realize the undeniable role of high-consumption electricity outages.

On average in the country, more than 75% of people are considered low-consumption subscribers and their consumption is less than the set pattern in each region. But the other 25 percent of home subscribers do not pay attention to electricity consumption and use more than the set pattern of electricity.

Based on this, at a superficial point of view, it may be thought that the ratio of energy used by low consumption is 75% of high consumption, but when If we look at energy statistics, we will find that only the electricity used in the high-consumption stairs in the home sector accounts for 42% of the total energy produced in this sector.

In other words, about half of the electricity sent to the home sector by high-consumption subscribers is used only in the range beyond the pattern.

Paying attention to this statistic indicates that high-consumption consumers consume more energy than themselves, and this astronomical consumption leads to power outages at times when demand exceeds supply. Power outages, most of which are subscribers who were low-consumption and had no role in power outages.

* Where do high power consumers live?

The injustice that has happened, in a word, is that the electricity consumption of the high-consumption minority brings the blackout to the majority of the low-consumption. Accordingly, if we look at the spatial distribution of very high-consumption subscribers, we will find that a significant portion of these subscribers have been among the high-income groups. This shows the depth of the injustice that has taken place.

In this regard, based on the statistics provided by the electricity industry, out of a total of 4,922 bills issued above 5 Million Tomans with astronomical consumption Electricity 2,011 electricity has been issued to home subscribers located in Greater Tehran.

On the other hand, 603 astronomical bills in 1400 were for the garden of villas located in Alborz province and 418 bills were related to residential houses with unusual facilities such as swimming pool, sauna and Jacuzzi in Tehran.

Also, 362 astronomical bills over 5 million Tomans per year were issued for astronomical purposes in Mashhad and 342 bills were issued to villas. luxury Located in the west of Mazandaran province.

Attention to this location indicates that the majority of subscribers with astronomical consumption are among the highest income groups of society and these astronomical uses are mainly for the garden of villas and residential units. luxury Is. In a word, the high-income high-income minority, with their indiscriminate consumption without books and accounts, creates the ground for widespread problems such as power outages for low-consumption subscribers.

* Electricity tariff is revised to restore justice

Given the injustices in the electricity industry over the past many years, reforming this practice is considered one of the most important issues on the agenda of the Ministry of Energy. In this regard, the Cabinet has recently used tools in the form of a review of electricity tariffs, in addition to the incentive tools, to regulate the amount of electricity consumption used in high-consumption stairs, thus preparing the ground for reforming the consumption pattern.

In this regard, high-consumption subscribers who use electricity more than the consumption pattern, have to pay the real cost of electricity supply for electricity beyond the pattern.

As mentioned, according to documented statistics in this area, only the amount of electricity used beyond the pattern by 25% of high-consumption electricity subscribers is equivalent to 42% of the total energy given to the home sector to all people.

Accordingly, in the previous tariff system, the cost of providing energy to the high-consumption minority was paid from the pockets of all people. This issue had caused half of the electricity subsidy to be the share of the three highest-income deciles of the country. In other words, the chandelier of the rich’s house stays on with the people’s money.

The Cabinet action to change the electricity tariff system to facilitate the growth of the electricity industry with the aim of reforming the consumption pattern has been approved by many energy experts.

In this regard, Saber Azad Shahraki, energy expert, expressing the successful experience of effective step-by-step electricity tariffs in other parts of the world, believes: “A method to meet the challenge of electricity supply has been implemented in many countries and Electricity consumption is significantly reduced on peak days. “To meet this challenge in California in 2001, for example, electricity prices for low-consumption subscribers remained stable, but high-consumption subscribers saw a 50 percent increase in electricity prices.”

“As a result of this smart policy, power consumption in the state has been reduced by about 12 percent,” the energy expert continued.

On the other hand Muhammad Pourhamid“The previous tariff system of the electricity industry was the cause of great injustice among the income deciles,” said an expert in the field of energy, referring directly to the benefits of an effective tiered tariff system in the form of an electricity bill approved by the cabinet.

Pourhamid Stated:”The government’s electricity bill, in the first step, brings about the restoration of justice in the distribution of energy subsidies, and this subsidy can be used equally by all people up to the level of consumption patterns, and in practice, justice has been clearly established in time.».

Given the actions of the Ministry of Energy next year, we can hope that the pressure will be good againPassing The high-consumption and wealthy minority of the electricity sector is not applied to other people, and at least these subscribers بهای They actually pay for their actions.

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