TEHRAN - Iran has ended scheduled power cuts for households and industries amid falling temperatures that have eased the cooling demand in the country.
CEO of the state electricity company Tavanir said on Tuesday that power cuts for households and businesses had completely stopped since the early days of September.
Mostafa Rajabi said that Tavanir had also lifted its restrictions on power supplies delivered to industries since the weekend.
Rajabi said Iran is increasing its electricity generation capacity, especially through renewable sources, to be able to respond to demand for power in the winter months when thermal power plants come under pressure because of restricted gas supplies.
Iran introduced scheduled power cuts for the first time in decades in November after it faced fuel shortages in its power plants.
The power cuts were renewed in the spring because of an early heat wave that caused demand for cooling to reach record highs.
Experts say restrictions on electricity supplies to industries have caused major losses to cement and steel manufacturers in recent months.  
The Iranian Energy Ministry has introduced a massive program to significantly increase Iran’s electricity generation capacity from solar systems as part of efforts to prevent power cuts next summer.
The Ministry said on Tuesday that the capacity of solar panels installed in the country had exceeded 2.35 gigawatts (GW).
A government plan unveiled in early 2025 showed that Iran’s renewables capacity should increase by 25 times in the next three years to reach nearly 30 GW.