The consumption of electricity increased in the Azores 3,5 percent in the first eleven months of this year, comparing to the homologous period of 2007, reaching an accumulated total of 691.716 MHz.
According to data of the Azorean electric company, EDA, the sector of commerce and services (including the public services) absorbed 45 percent of the consumption of electricity in the Region, between January and November.
The domestic uses represented 33,7 percent of the total consumption and the industrialists 16,7 percent.