Electricity consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants, less distribution losses, and own use by heat and power plants. Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.
Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station.
In addition to electricity generated by hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power, it covers that generated by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants, oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products, gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids, and nuclear refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants. This indicator shows the percentage generated from coal. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity.