Electricity production rises by 16.2% YoY in March

April 20, 2022 (MLN): Total Power generation in the country increased by 16.2% YoY to 10,418 GWh during March 2022 compared to 8,965 GWh in March 2021, backed by higher generation from Furnace Oil (FO), RLNG, and Nuclear, monthly power production data released by the National Electric Power Authority (NEPRA) showed today.

Cumulatively, during 9MFY22, power generation witnessed an upsurge of 10% YoY to 101,699 GWh against 92,371 GWh recorded in the corresponding period last fiscal year.

Source-wise during the month of March 2022, RLNG, nuclear, FO, and wind-based power generation went up by 4%, 66%, 4.7x, and 58% YoY, respectively.

Moreover, bagasse, solar-based, and electricity imported from Iran also increased by 19%, 3.6% and 10.5% YoY, respectively.

On the other hand, coal, hydel, gas, and mixed generation declined by 5.4%, 2.1%, 4.2% and 36.7% YoY, respectively.

Share-wise, power generation through coal contributed the largest in March 2022, as it accounted for 25% (2,586 GWh) of total electricity with a fuel cost of Rs12.4/KWh.

This was followed by RLNG as around 18.9% (1,965 GWh) of electricity was generated through RLNG-based power plants with a fuel cost of Rs14.37/kWh.

With a share of 16.35%, power generation from hydel was around 1,704 GWh at zero fuel cost, whereas, nuclear contributed 15% (1,563 GWh) of electricity at a price of Rs1.03/KWh. Meanwhile, generation from RFO based powerplants was around 1.106 GWh (10.6% of total generation) at the highest fuel cost of Rs22.5/ KWh.

Gas-based energy contributed about 9.5% or 993 GWh of electricity at a price of Rs7.75/ kWh, while 2.57% or 268 GWh contribution came from Wind at zero fuel cost.

The bagasse and solar-based energy contributed about 1% (107 GWh) and 0.66% (69 GWh) of the electricity respectively during the month at a price of Rs6/KWh and Rs0/KWh respectively.

Meanwhile, electricity imported from Iran contributed about 43 GWh (0.41%) to the total power generation at the price of Rs17.35/KWh.

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