Rising gas delivery to power plants comes at a time when the average air temperature is lower than last year and several precipitation systems entered the country in November, with snowfall in some parts of the country.

At the same time, rising coverage of natural gas services for household and industrial sectors is continuously raising the volume of gas consumption in the country.

Despite rising gas consumption by the household sector, the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has said that it considers gas delivery to power plants a priority. The household, business, and small-scale industries consumed as much as 455 mcm/d of natural gas during the last week of the Iranian month of Aban, leading to November 21.