Electricity generation rises 7% in Oct

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MG News | November 18, 2024 at 11:23 AM GMT+05:00

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November 18, 2024 (MLN): The total power generation in the country increased by 7.2% to 10,262 GWh during October 2024 as compared to 9,570 GWh in the same month of last year.

According to the monthly electricity generation data released by National Electric Power Authority (NEPRA), the total power generation decreased by 17.8% MoM compared to 12,486 GWh in September 2024.

On a cumulative basis, in 4MFY25, electricity generation stood at 50,808 GWh, down 5.4% compared to the generation of 53,707 in 4MFY24.

The average fuel cost for power generation declined by 19% to Rs9.26/KWh in October 2024 compared to Rs11.43/KWh during October 2023. While it rose 1.9% from last month.

Production of Hydel, Coal, Gas, RLNG, Import from Iran, Bagasse, and Solar jumped by 2.3%, 45%, 17.4%, 3.3%, 86.3%, 73.8%, and 30.3% YoY, respectively.

On the other hand, generation through Nuclear and Wind registered a year-on-year decrease of 21% and 0.6% respectively in October, compared with the figures in the same month of last year.

Share-wise, Hydel held the majority share of electricity generation during the month, clocking in at 31.1%

This was followed by Coal with 23.6%, RLNG with 19.5%, Nuclear with 14.1%, and Gas with 8.0%.

Cumulatively, Hydel took the lead in electricity generation with a share of 36.9% in 4MFY25. Coal followed at 18.6%, with RLNG contributing 17.9%, Nuclear at 14.2%, and Gas at 7.8%.

Units (GWh) Oct-24 Oct-23 YoY % Sep-24 MoM % 4MFY25 4MFY24 Cumulative %
Total 10,262 9,570 7.2% 12,486 -17.8% 50,808 53,707 -5.4%
Hydel 3,187 3,114 2.3% 4,838 -34.1% 18,728 19,646 -4.7%
Coal 2,421 1,670 45.0% 2,410 0.5% 9,461 8,330 13.6%
HSD - - - - - - - -
RFO 2 - - 39 -94.9% 149 1,183 -87.4%
Gas 826 704 17.4% 988 -16.4% 3,944 4,051 -2.7%
RLNG 2,003 1,939 3.3% 2,039 -1.8% 9,118 9,725 -6.2%
Nuclear 1,442 1,826 -21.0% 1,596 -9.6% 7,216 8,260 -12.6%
Import from Iran 42 23 86.3% 40 5.0% 166 102 63.0%
Mixed 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 -
Wind 190 191 -0.6% 395 -51.9% 1,428 1,955 -27.0%
Bagasse 50 29 73.8% 36 38.9% 186 141 31.9%
Solar 99 76 30.3% 105 -5.7% 412 314 31.2%

 

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