S. Korea’s Power Use Hits New High in Dec. on Cold Wave

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s electricity consumption touched a record monthly high in December as the country was gripped by a nationwide cold wave and heavy snow, the power operator said Tuesday. The country’s average maximum power consumption stood at 82,716 megawatts (MW) last month, up 5.1 percent from a year earlier, [...]