The electricity sector of Armenia includes several companies engaged in electricity generation and distribution. Generation is carried out by multiple companies both state-owned and private. In 2020 less than a quarter of energy in Armenia was electricity. As of 2016, the majority of the electricity sector is privatized and foreign-owned (by Russian and American companies), which is t. Installed capacity for electricity generationAccording to in 2015 electricity generation in Armenia increased since 2009 to nearly 8000 GWh, but still remains below 1990 levels. Also, in 2015 Armenia consumed more than twice as much na. Nuclear power provides 38% of the electricity in Armenia through one operating nuclear reactor, Unit 2 of, which is a reactor with extra seismic reinforcement. It was created in 1. During 2010–2017 thermal power plants (running on imported natural gas from Russia and Iran) provided about one-third of Armenia's electricity. Thermal power plants (running on natural gas) in Arm.