KIEV, June 17 - Electricity consumption in Ukraine in January to May, taking into account losses in electricity transmission, fell by 14.2% or 11.675 billion kilowatt-hours year-on-year, to 70.59 billion kilowatt-hours, the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

Electricity consumption, not including losses, over the period fell by 15.1% or 9.975 billion kilowatt-hours, to 55.939 billion kilowatt-hours.