Electricity consumption edged up 0.2% in 2013 after two years of decline but if variations in temperature and the number of working days are both taken into account, the growth was close to zero.
According to data from REN, which runs Portugal’s national grid, after a fall of 1.7% in electricity consumption in the first half of 2013 there was a recovery in the second half of the year which meant that the year overall saw a rise of 0.2%.