{
  "id": "eco-electricity-108",
  "question": "How much electricity does India generate?",
  "topic": "Economy",
  "unit": "billion units",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Electricity generated in India in a financial year, in billion units (kWh), as the Central Electricity Authority totals it: thermal, nuclear, large hydro and renewables (including small hydro), plus a small import from Bhutan (7.8 billion units in 2025-26). CEA added renewables to this total from 2022-23; earlier totals left them out, so they are not shown.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Central Electricity Authority, Executive Summary on Power Sector, March 2026 (and March 2025, March 2024)",
    "url": "https://cea.nic.in/api/dashboardReports/download-pdf/en/cf5f7d92-95d3-4eb6-99bd-ab905e6540d2",
    "table": "Section A, 1.1 Electricity Generation during April–March (BU), All India row (thermal + nuclear + large hydro + RES incl. SHP + Bhutan import): 2025-26 and 2024-25 from the March 2026 edition, 2023-24 from March 2025, 2022-23 from March 2024",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-04-27",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "Copied as published (each year from the latest March edition that reports it).",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power",
    "survey": "Executive Summary on Power Sector (generation)",
    "frequency": "Monthly; annual totals by financial year",
    "measures": "Gross electricity generation, billion units (1 BU = 1 billion kWh), including import from Bhutan",
    "notes": [
      "2025-26: thermal 1,307.13 BU, nuclear 55.19, large hydro 167.20, RES incl. small hydro 310.59, Bhutan import 7.83",
      "Renewables in 2025-26: solar 174.76 BU, wind 106.70, bagasse 9.94, small hydro 12.01, biomass 4.14"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 1624.16
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 1739.09
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 1828.88
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 1847.94
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/eco-electricity-108/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/eco-electricity-108/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/eco-electricity-108/versions.csv"
}