Electrical energy distribution firms on common lose about 169 megawatts each three months, which stay unsold, in response to knowledge from Electrical energy Regulatory Authority (ERA). 

Based on particulars contained within the ERA Electrical energy Distribution Statistics report for the quarter ended September 2021, whereas energy firms bought 1,108 megawatts from era firms, solely 897 megawatts had been bought. 

This, the report signifies, signifies that a minimum of 212 megawatts had been unsold, which represented vitality losses of 19.1 p.c.

In the course of the interval, in response to knowledge which covers a interval of about six years from 2016, vitality losses grew to a 17.6 p.c common.  

Whereas it isn’t clear why the losses grew, electrical energy consumption might have been affected by Covid-19, which occasioned a slowdown in financial exercise. 

Knowledge from ERA signifies that vitality losses have since 2016 averaged at 16.4 p.c however jumped to 17.8 p.c through the quarter ended September 2020, earlier than rising additional to 19.1 p.c within the interval ended September 2021. 

Eng Ziria Tibalwa Waako, the ERA chief govt officer yesterday instructed Day by day Monitor, that distributors are given efficiency targets above which they’re penalised.

“We set targets and if they don’t meet them they make losses. They don’t seem to be compensated for poor efficiency however relatively penalised,” she mentioned. 

In the course of the interval quarter ended September 2021, Umeme had the least distibution losses (18.4 p.c), adopted by Kyegegwa Rural Electrical energy Cooperative Society Restricted at 24 p.c. 

At 44.1 per cent, Uganda Electrical energy Distribution Firm Restricted (UEDCL) had the best losses, adopted by Kalangala Infrastructure Restricted with 33.3 p.c. 

  Umeme was the most important energy purchaser with a mean buy of 934 megawatts over the six-year reporting interval. 

In the course of the quarter ended September 2021, out of the 1108.1 megawatts that had been bought, a minimum of 1,074 megawatts, Umeme had the biggest share however solely bought 876.6 megawatts whereas Uganda Electrical energy Distribution Firm Restricted, which bought simply 29.6 megawatts solely 16.5 megawatts. 

Kalangala Infrastructure Restricted bought 2.1 megawatts however solely bought 1.4 megawatts whereas Kyegegwa Rural Electrical energy Cooperative Society Restricted bought 1.8 megawatts however solely managed a return of 1.4 megawatts. 

Uganda, in response to the report, at the moment has greater than 1.696 million clients linked on the nationwide grid. 

Umeme takes the biggest share, which in response to the report has greater than 1.568 million connections. 

It’s adopted by UEDCL with solely 93,651 clients, whereas Kalangala Infrastructure Restricted has 19,381 clients.  

Kyegegwa Rural Electrical energy Cooperative Society Restricted has 9,350 clients in comparison with 5,970 connections for Pader-Abim Neighborhood Multi-Objective Electrical Cooperative Society. 

Additional-large industries, which on common eat about 254 gigawatts per hour, are the main customers of electrical energy in Uganda adopted by giant industries, which on common eat 227 gigawatts per hour.  

Home connections eat about 196 gigawatts per hour whereas medium industries client 119 gigawatts. 

Industrial customers and avenue lighting eat 101 gigawatts and 0.5 gigawatts respectively. 

Over the six years, in response to knowledge, the distribution community has greater than doubled from simply 32,027 kilometres in 2016 to 76,922 kilometres in 2021, served by community of two,369 transformers.