Users of the electricity distribution system took a total of 261.828.698 kWh of electricity in August, around 10 per cent more than in July.
Almost 34 per cent of the electricity was distributed to users in the areas of Podgorica, Danilovgrad and Cetinje (Region 2).
A total of 360.623 metering points were read in the previous month, or 93 per cent of the total number (unread metering points are located in properties that are not permanently occupied). The reading rate at metering points equipped with new electronic meters is 99 per cent.
In August, teams from the Maintenance Sector carried out 2,211 field interventions. The value of work on maintaining electricity facilities amounted to around 334 thousand euros.
In the previous month, 377 power outages were announced across Montenegro due to planned works on the network. The average duration of outages was around 3.9 hours. We remind users that planned works are carried out to ensure a higher-quality and more reliable electricity supply, and users are informed daily about the work schedules through the media, the website and the Facebook page.
Construction of facilities and the network worth around one million and 162 thousand euros was underway in August. The most financially demanding projects are being carried out in the Ulcinj area, where three 10 kV cables are under construction (“Velika Plaža – Madžo 2”, “Velika Plaža 2 – Bratstva i jedinstva” and “Velika Plaža 2 – Sveti Nikola”), with a total value of 668 thousand euros. In the Bijelo Polje area, reconstruction of the 10 kV “Tomaševo” overhead line, valued at 142 thousand euros, is underway. In Nikšić, the 10 kV “Donje Selo – Bilećko jezero” overhead line, valued at 80 thousand euros, and two transformer substations (STS 10/0.4 kV “Vodovod I” and “Vodovod II” Petrovići) are under construction.
During August, 2,880 new electronic meters were installed across Montenegro. Around 275 thousand metering points in Montenegro are equipped with remotely controlled electronic meters, covering around 70 per cent of consumption.
A total of 694 new users were connected to the distribution network in August.
CEDIS’s core activity is the distribution of electricity, and the construction and maintenance of distribution facilities and the network. CEDIS distributes electricity to around 390 thousand users across Montenegro.
