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Informist, Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – Electricity generation in India fell 1.6% on year in February to 119.56 billion kilowatt-hours, data released by the Central Electricity Authority of India showed. In January, India's total power generation from all sources was 128.99 billion kilowatt-hours.

 

Electricity production declined in February mainly because of a fall in thermal power generation, the biggest source of power in India. Electricity imported from Bhutan also declined February. However, the fall in total electricity generation was contained by a sharp rise in production in the nuclear power and hydroelectric power generation segments.

 

Thermal power generation fell 3% on year in February to 107.03 billion kilowatt-hours while nuclear power generation was up 17.3% on year at 4.87 billion kilowatt-hours. Hydroelectric power generation rose 9.8% to 7.65 billion kilowatt-hours.

 

For Apr-Feb, total electricity produced in the country was 1.402 trillion kilowatt-hours, down 2.5% on year. This accounts for over 81% of the total electricity generation target of 1.725 trillion kilowatt-hours for the financial year 2025-26 (Apr-Mar).

 

The electricity generation details for February and Apr-Feb, in billion kilowatt-hour, are as follows:

 

	February 2026	January 2026	February 2025	Year-on-year change	Plant load factor
Thermal	107.031	116.086	110.356	(-)3.0%	68.79%
Nuclear	4.871	5.029	4.153	17.3%	82.57%
Hydro	7.653	7.852	6.97	9.8%
Bhutan	0.002	0.025	0.071	(-)97.2%
Total	119.559	128.991	121.551	(-)1.6%

 

	Apr-Feb 2025-26	Apr-Feb 2024-25	Year-on-year change	Plant load factor
Thermal	1,186.94	1,240.49	(-)4.3%	59.27%
Nuclear	50.07	51.96	(-)3.6%	71.37%
Hydro	157.69	139.87	12.7%
Bhutan	7.77	5.37	44.7%
Total	1,402.47	1,437.69	(-)2.5%

 

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Reported by Shweta

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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