The number of electricity consumers in the Kingdom reached 6.3 million as of November 2011, according to report of Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). There was an increase of 30,807 consumers. The number of cities and villages that come under the SEC network across the Kingdom rose to 12,230 at the end of November, the report was quoted as disclosing by the Jeddah-based Arab News. SEC sale of electricity power in November 2011 recorded a fall of 1.4 percent compared to the same period during the previous year. The company sold a total of 12,562 gigawatts per hour (GW/H) of electricity during the month. However, there was an increase of 2 percent in the maximum daily power load during the period, reaching 31,793 megawatts, according to the report. The report showed that production at SEC electricity power generating plants posted a slight increase of 0.5 percent reaching 11,515 GW/H in November last year against the same period in 2010. The actual generating capacity of SEC plants reached 42,631 gigawatts at the end of November while the volume of production reached 11,515 GW/H, the report added.
