{"id":"oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","canonicalSlug":"oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","language":"en","title":"Italy electricity demand rose 6.5% year on year in September","summary":"Terna put monthly demand at 27.8 TWh, the highest September level since 2014; renewables supplied 39.4% of demand.","body":["Terna reported on 21 October that Italian electricity demand reached 27.8 terawatt-hours in September 2026, up 6.5% from a year earlier. It described this as the highest September demand since 2014 and linked part of the increase to temperatures about 2°C higher.","Renewable sources generated 10.9 TWh, equivalent to 39.4% of demand. For January–September, demand was 5.2% higher year on year, while renewable generation increased 1.1%."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Italy electricity demand rose 6.5% year on year in September\n\nTerna put monthly demand at 27.8 TWh, the highest September level since 2014; renewables supplied 39.4% of demand.\n\nTerna reported on 21 October that Italian electricity demand reached 27.8 terawatt-hours in September 2026, up 6.5% from a year earlier. It described this as the highest September demand since 2014 and linked part of the increase to temperatures about 2°C higher.\n\nRenewable sources generated 10.9 TWh, equivalent to 39.4% of demand. For January–September, demand was 5.2% higher year on year, while renewable generation increased 1.1%.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-21","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:32:52Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:31:27Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-21","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:25:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.terna.it/it/media/comunicati-stampa/dettaglio/consumi-elettrici-settembre-2026","name":"Terna","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Terna; factual summary based on the official release; no source text or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/oct2026-italy-september-electricity-demand"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"IT","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","statistical-estimate"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-09","from":"2026-09","precision":"month"}}}