The liberalised electricity market reached approximately 5.8 million customers in January with an annualised consumption of 46,073 gigawatt-hours, representing a year-on-year increase of 2.0% in customers and 10.3% in consumption. According to data released by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE) this Tuesday, the 21st, the liberalised market gained 7,884 customers in January compared to December, reaching 5,801,696, while the regulated market lost 7,262 customers, totalling 799,513. In January, 110,959 customers switched suppliers in the liberalised market. By the end of January, consumption in the liberalised market accounted for 87.9% of the total number of customers and 95.1% of consumption in mainland Portugal, an increase of 0.2 percentage points in consumption compared to the same month last year.