The China Electricity Council (CEC), a consolidated organization of all China's power enterprises and institutions, has stated that power shortages of 30 million kilowatts may be seen in China during the summer as supply lags behind the growth in demand
The total national electricity consumption in the first quarter of the current year reached up to 1.0911 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up 12.7 percent year on year, according to the CEC. The CEC went on to forecast that this year China's total electricity consumption will reach 4.7 trillion kWh.
The CEC also said it expects the power shortages to continue or even worsen in the middle of China's 12th five-year plan period (2011-15).