Electricity use lifts as business switches back on

Electricity use lifts as business switches back on
Gavin Evans
Electricity demand is about 4 percent higher than a week ago as firms started preparing for limited operations under the more relaxed lockdown rules effective today.Up to 400,000 people were expected to be returning to work today after a five-week shutdown of the economy, joining workers in essential services, food manufacturing and other key export businesses which have continued operating.But the return to work will be a gradual start-up for many firms, including construction and much manufacturing, and only those firms that can operate with...

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