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India power generation in June up 8.2% on year at 142 billion kWh
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KOLKATA – India's electricity generation in June increased by 8.2% on year but fell marginally by 0.6% on month to 142.03 billion kilowatt-hours, data released by the Central Electricity Authority of India showed. In June 2025, total power generation from all sources stood at 131.21 billion kilowatt-hours. In May 2026, it stood at 142.90 billion kilowatt-hours. The total electricity generated includes power bought from Bhutan.
Thermal power generation increased by 12.5% on year to 122.37 billion kilowatt-hours, and nuclear power generation rose 23.3% on year at 5.54 billion kilowatt-hours. However, hydropower generation declined by 20.4% to 13.36 billion kilowatt-hours, and the power imported from Bhutan fell by 34.1% to 0.74 billion kilowatt-hours in June.
For Apr-Jun, total electricity produced was 422.02 billion kilowatt-hours, up 6% on year. India has set a total electricity generation target of 1.72 trillion kilowatt-hours for 2026-27 (Apr-Mar).
The electricity generation details for June and Apr-Jun, in billion kWh, are as follows:
|
|
June 2026 |
May 2026 |
June 2025 |
Year-on-year change (in %) |
Plant load factor (in %) |
|
Thermal |
122.37 |
124.00 |
108.81 |
12.46 |
72.32 |
|
Nuclear |
5.54 |
5.70 |
4.50 |
23.28 |
87.71 |
|
Hydro |
13.36 |
12.74 |
16.78 |
(-) 20.35 |
|
|
Bhutan |
0.74 |
0.47 |
1.13 |
(-) 34.09 |
|
|
Total |
142.03 |
142.90 |
131.21 |
8.24 |
|
|
|
Apr-June 2026-27 |
Apr-June 2025-26 |
Year-on-year change (in %) |
Plant load factor (in %) |
|
Thermal |
367.46 |
341.98 |
7.45 |
71.95 |
|
Nuclear |
16.41 |
14.59 |
12.49 |
85.57 |
|
Hydro |
36.88 |
39.66 |
(-) 7.01 |
|
|
Bhutan |
1.28 |
1.86 |
(-) 31.36 |
|
|
Total |
422.02 |
398.08 |
6.01 |
|
Source: Central Electricity Authority
IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT
Reported by Avishek Rakshit
Edited by Himanshi Gupta
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