Muscat:The total electricity production in Oman increased by 4.3 percent by the end of August 2026, reaching 37,481.8 gigawatt-hours (GWh), compared to 35,935.3 GWh during the same period in 2025.
According to Oman News Agency, data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the Governorate of Muscat experienced the highest growth rate in total electricity production at 204.8 percent. This was followed by A'Dakhiliyah at 44.1 percent, Al Wusta at 8.4 percent, North and South Al Batinah and A'Dhahirah each at 5.5 percent, and Dhofar at 4.6 percent.
Conversely, the Governorates of North and South A'Sharqiyah saw a decline in total electricity production by 16.4 percent. Meanwhile, electricity production in the Governorate of Musandam remained stable at 376.0 GWh, showing no significant change from the previous year.
Net electricity production, which includes purchases by the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company and the Rural Areas Electricity Company, increased by 4.6 percent, reaching 36,463.9 GWh by the end of August 2026, compared to 34,871.8 GWh in 2025. Muscat again led with a 204.4 percent increase, followed by A'Dakhiliyah at 44.2 percent, Al Wusta at 9.1 percent, Dhofar at 7.6 percent, and North and South Al Batinah and A'Dhahirah at 5.4 percent.
Net electricity production fell by 16.6 percent in North and South A'Sharqiyah, while Musandam recorded a stable net production of 368.0 GWh.
On the water production front, a decrease of 3.5 percent was recorded by the end of August 2026, with total production at 330,649.3 thousand cubic meters, down from 342,709.7 thousand cubic meters in 2025. In Muscat, water production dropped by 6.2 percent, from 136,574.7 to 128,068.6 thousand cubic meters. Other governorates saw a 3.4 percent decline to 149,899.6 thousand cubic meters. However, Dhofar experienced a 3.4 percent increase, reaching 52,681.2 thousand cubic meters in the first eight months of 2026.
