TEHRAN - Iran’s Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian inaugurated a modern electricity and energy monitoring center in the capital Tehran on Monday amid efforts to manage the supply and consumption of energy in the country.

Tehran's electricity monitoring center is the first of its kind in the country, IRNA reported.

This sate of the art center has been launched to help successfully pass the summer peak demand for electricity in Tehran, a city of more than 10 million people.

The facility is capable of online monitoring of electricity consumption through connections with smart meters supplied to subscribers.

The center also provides monitoring and control of energy consumption in government departments and organizations as well as in banks, businesses and other public facilities in Tehran.

Over the past decade, constant temperature rising and the significant decrease in rainfalls across Iran have put the country in a hard situation regarding electricity supply during peak consumption periods.

Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) has repeatedly announced that the company is implementing a variety of programs for managing the situation and preventing blackouts in the country.

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