Power generation drops 13.7% YoY in April 2024

MG News | May 22, 2024 at 10:42 PM GMT+05:00

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May 22, 2024 (MLN): The total power generation in the country decreased by 13.7% YoY to 8,640 GWh during April 2024 as compared to 10,010 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 increased by 7.7% MoM compared to 8,023 GWh in March 2024.

On a cumulative basis, in 10MFY24, electricity generation stood at 101,764 GWh, down 1.8% YoY compared to the generation of 103,593 in 10MFY23.

The average fuel cost for power generation declined by 10.1% YoY to Rs9.21/KWh in April 2024 compared to Rs10.24/KWh during April 2023.

On a monthly basis, fuel cost rose by 10.8%.

Generation through Coal, Gas, RLNG, Wind, Bagasse, and Solar registered a year-on-year decrease of 50.4%, 18%, 10.8%, 11.1%, 31%, and 10.2% respectively in April, compared with the figures in same month of last year.

On the other hand, production of Hydel, Nuclear, and Import from Iran jumped by 10.6%, 6.6%, and 21.5% YoY, respectively.

Share-wise, RLNG held the majority share of electricity generation during the month, clocking in at 25.0%

This was followed by Hydel with 24.0%, Nuclear with 23.6%, Gas with 11.3%, and Coal with 10.4%.

Cumulatively, Hydel took the lead in electricity generation with a share of 30.6% in 10MFY24. Nuclear followed at 19.3%, with RLNG contributing 18.1%, Coal at 15.9%, and Gas at 9.4%.

Units (GWh)	Apr-24	Apr-23	YoY %	Mar-24	MoM %	10MFY24	10MFY23	Cumulative %
Total	8,640	10,010	-13.7%	8,023	7.7%	101,764	103,593	-1.8%
Hydel	2,070	1,872	10.6%	2,217	-6.6%	31,099	28,809	7.9%
Coal	902	1,819	-50.4%	862	4.7%	16,166	16,254	-0.5%
HSD	0	0	-	0	-	102	206	-50.6%
RFO	0	223	-100.0%	0	-	1,973	4,020	-50.9%
Gas	975	1,189	-18.0%	795	22.6%	9,612	12,038	-20.2%
RLNG	2,157	2,418	-10.8%	1,658	30.1%	18,456	16,656	10.8%
Nuclear	2,043	1,916	6.6%	2,070	-1.3%	19,617	20,655	-5.0%
Import from Iran	37	30	21.5%	28	30.4%	292	420	-30.5%
Mixed	0	13	-100.0%	0	-	2	96	-97.7%
Wind	287	323	-11.1%	205	40.2%	3,041	2,892	5.2%
Bagasse	56	81	-31.0%	79	-28.7%	610	704	-13.3%
Solar	113	126	-10.2%	110	2.7%	794	844	-5.9%

Source: NEPRA, SBP

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