KIEV, April 15 - Electricity consumption, including in-process losses in the Ukrainian grids, fell by 5.9%, or by 3.164 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), year-over-year, in Q1 to 50.457 billion kWh.

Electricity consumption that did not include in-process losses in the grids fell by 4.5%, or 1.891 billion kWh, to 40.054 billion kWh, a source in the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.