The maximum electricity demand registered in Mexico throughout the third week of April, 2020 amounted to approximately 36.5 gigawatts, a decrease of around nine percent in comparison to the same week in the previous year. In the following week, the maximum demand registered reached 38.2 gigawatts. The increase was associated with an increase in residential consumption, specially refrigeration systems, as well as certain businesses returning to activities.
Social distancing measures, including the closing of schools, were implemented in Mexico on March 20, 2020, in face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing number of cases in the country.
Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020
(in gigawatts)
Peak electricity demand registered within the indicated week*
Supplementary notes
*The day and time in which the peak was registered varies for each week.
Figures do not consider the demand in the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
Figures have been rounded.
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El Financiero. (April 29, 2020). Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/
El Financiero. "Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in gigawatts)." Chart. April 29, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/
El Financiero. (2020). Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/
El Financiero. "Peak Electricity Demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/
El Financiero, Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Peak electricity demand in Mexico between April 2019 and April 2020 (in gigawatts) [Graph], El Financiero, April 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117537/peak-electricity-demand-mexico/
