Iran's Thermal Power Fleet Reports High Availability During Summer Peak

The head of Iran's Thermal Power Generation Company, Azim Etemadi, said in an interview published by Mehr on Sunday, 18 October 2026 that thermal plants achieved 98.8% availability and a 1.2% emergency outage rate during peak-demand days in summer 1405. He put operational output capability at the peak at 59,234 megawatts and daily generation at about 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours. He said a plan to manage a 5,000-megawatt shortfall was implemented to support industrial electricity supply. These are reported summer operating figures, not a winter capacity forecast.