Senelec bought 78.8% of the gross electricity it recorded in August 2026 from other producers, according to the Statistical Highlights released on 2 November by Senegal’s National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD). Of the 827,483 megawatt-hours (MWh) recorded, 652,010 MWh came from purchases from third-party producers, compared with 175,473 MWh generated by the national utility itself.
Purchases accounted for almost eight out of every ten megawatt-hours, up from 73.9% in August 2025. That is an increase of 4.9 percentage points in one year, calculated from the volumes in the latest bulletin. Third parties supplied 508,002 MWh in August 2025, or 144,008 MWh less than in August 2026.
In MWh
Source: ANSD, August 2026 Statistical Highlights, Table 3 (Senelec).
| Own generation | Third-party purchases | |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 179,127 | 508,002 |
| August 2026 | 175,473 | 652,010 |
Volumes in MWh for August 2025 and August 2026. This is not a household electricity access measure.
Down on July, but higher than a year earlier
Gross electricity volume fell 6.5% month on month in August 2026, from 885,413 MWh in July to 827,483 MWh. Purchases from third parties declined 8.8% from July, while Senelec’s own generation rose 2.9%. These movements account for the decrease in the total.
In MWh
Source: ANSD, August 2026 Statistical Highlights, Table 3 (Senelec).
| MWh | |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 687,129 |
| May 2026 | 702,081 |
| Jun 2026 | 736,539 |
| Jul 2026 | 885,413 |
| Aug 2026 | 827,483 |
However, the volume was 20.4% higher than in August 2025, when it reached 687,129 MWh. Third-party purchases climbed 28.3% year on year, while Senelec’s own generation fell 2.0%. These are changes in physical energy volumes measured in MWh, not electricity selling prices or tariffs.
Monthly volumes in MWh. The July-to-August 2026 decline does not erase the year-on-year increase.
Another 718,181 MWh over the first eight months
From January to August 2026, the gross electricity volume recorded was 5,562,313 MWh, up from 4,844,132 MWh in the first eight months of 2025. The difference was 718,181 MWh, or 14.8% year on year. Over the period, third-party purchases grew 20.2% to 4,368,205 MWh, while Senelec’s own generation dropped 1.2% to 1,194,108 MWh.
Electricity purchased from other producers therefore represented 78.5% of the eight-month total in 2026. Senelec continued to operate its own generating facilities, but purchases from other producers accounted for most of the increase in energy volumes tracked by ANSD.
What the figures cover
ANSD defines total gross electricity production as Senelec’s own generation plus its purchases from other producers. The measure is not household electricity consumption, the number of customers connected to the grid or installed power-station capacity. The data are provided by Senelec, and the bulletin notes that figures for previous months have been revised. Comparisons in this report use the series from the same August 2026 bulletin.