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Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA) has issued energy procurement report for the month of March 2019 on 16th April 2019. On the basis of this report National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) reviews and revise the electricity tariff on account of any variation in fuel charges on monthly basis. This report enlists the energy generated, fuel charges, and variable operation and maintenance costs of operating power plants in Pakistan (except K-Electric System). From this data, total energy charges for each power generating station is computed.
Total electricity generated from all the sources during March 2019 is 7,621 Giga-Watt hour (GWh), up from 6,687 GWh that was produced during February 2019. Analysis of energy procurement report for the month of February 2019 and that of March 2019 reveals that share of electricity generated from Re-Gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) plants increased from 17% in February 2019 to 23% in March 2019. Overall generation from RLNG plants remained 1,784 GWh in March 2019 and 1,129 GWh in February 2019.
Power generation from hydro power plants remained 1,601 GWh (21%) which is relatively low because of low-flow season (winter, dry season). Generation from hydro power sources in Pakistan during summer or high-flow season normally range from 3,500 GWh to 4,500 GWh.
Another thing worth mentioning is that only 40 GWh (0.53%) electricity is generated from expensive furnace oil during March 2019. Share of oil generated electricity during February 2019 was 1.68% (122 GWh). Share of electricity generated from Coal fired plants slightly decreases from 17.46% in February 2019 to 14.02% in March 2019.
There is no significant change in per unit energy cost, which is around Rs. 4.999/kWh for March 2019 as compared with Rs. 4.88/kWh in February 2019.
Share of other sources in electricity generation mix for March 2019 is shown in the following video.
For comparison, the share of different sources in electricity generation for the month of February 2019 is available in the following video.
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