KARACHI: Power generation in Pakistan rose by 8.0 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 14,218 GWh in August 2025, compared with 13,180 GWh in the same month last fiscal year.
The increase was driven mainly by electricity production from imported coal, while hydel output also edged higher during the month. On a monthly basis, power generation grew by 1 percent from 14,123 GWh in July 2025.
In the first two months of the current financial year (FY26), overall generation was up slightly by 1.0 per cent to 28,341 GWh, against 28,060 GWh in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.
In August, generation from imported coal surged 68 per cent, local coal rose 10 per cent and hydel output increased 3.0 per cent. RLNG-based generation grew by 4.0 per cent, local gas rose 9.0 per cent, while wind and solar rose by 29 per cent and 6.0 per cent respectively. Nuclear generation, however, fell by 2.0 per cent.
The total cost of electricity generation increased by 3.0 per cent, averaging Rs7.7 per kWh in August 2025 compared with Rs7.5 per kWh a year earlier.Costs for generation from imported coal dropped 48 per cent from last year, while costs for local coal and RLNG rose 11 percent and 16 per cent respectively. The cost of local coal-based generation was down by 2.0 per cent month-on-month (MoM). Overall, the average generation cost slipped 1.0 per cent from Rs7.8 per kWh in July 2025.
Hydel remained the largest contributor to the generation mix in August, accounting for 38.8 per cent of total electricity, followed by RLNG at 15.3 per cent and nuclear at 15.1 per cent. Wind and solar contributed 3.6 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively. During the first two months of FY26, hydel accounted for 39.5 per cent of total generation, followed by local coal at 10.4 per cent, imported coal at 8.0 per cent, RLNG at 16.3 per cent and nuclear at 12.5 per cent.
