{"id":4056,"date":"2025-06-25T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:47:04","slug":"electricity-output-rises-slightly-as-fuel-costs-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/25\/electricity-output-rises-slightly-as-fuel-costs-drop","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Output Rises Slightly as Fuel Costs Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"657\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s electricity generation in May 2025 increased by 1 percent year-on-year, reaching 12,755 GWh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"657\">Despite the monthly gain, output remained below official reference levels.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"657\">Cumulative generation during 11MFY25 was recorded at 113,416 GWh, showing a slight 0.3 percent year-on-year decline.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"1019\"><strong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"703\">Lower Tariffs Drive Modest Demand Uptick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"1019\">Analysts from Arif Habib Limited attributed the slight growth in May to increased demand, likely due to reductions in electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"1019\">The average cost of power generation dropped by 11 percent year-on-year to Rs. 7.77 per kWh in May.<br data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"949\" \/>However, this cost was still slightly above the reference benchmark.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1306\">Generation from local coal increased by 3 percent to 1,413 GWh.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1306\">Gas-based generation fell sharply by 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1306\">Wind and solar generation dropped by 3 percent and 7 percent respectively.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1306\">Nuclear output declined by 15 percent, and RLNG-based generation decreased by 21 percent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1422\">Imported coal-based generation rose significantly, hitting 796 GWh\u2014a 108 percent jump compared to May last year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1751\"><strong data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1467\">Annual Fuel Cost Sees Minor Improvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1751\">During the 11-month period of FY25, the average fuel cost for electricity generation stood at Rs. 8.67 per kWh.<br data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1584\" \/>This marks a 1 percent decrease from the same period in FY24.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1751\">While fuel costs are trending downward, they remain a concern for long-term energy pricing stability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1869\">The data highlights an evolving generation mix and the impact of cost efficiencies on national electricity supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s electricity generation in May 2025 increased by 1 percent year-on-year, reaching 12,755 GWh. Despite the monthly gain, output remained below official reference levels. Cumulative generation during 11MFY25 was recorded at 113,416 GWh, showing a slight 0.3 percent year-on-year decline. Lower Tariffs Drive Modest Demand Uptick Analysts from Arif Habib Limited attributed the slight &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1283,1956,1134],"class_list":["post-4056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","tag-energy","tag-generation","tag-tariff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4058,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056\/revisions\/4058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}