Electricity peak demand in Uganda: insights and foresight

Table 6 Descriptive statistics of the variables

Variable	Unit of measure	Obs	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max
Total peak demand	MW	44	482.00	36.82	428.35	549.63
Domestic peak demand	MW	44	462.45	26.30	417.37	497.20
Total energy purchases	GWh	44	241.93	21.50	198.93	283.58
Total generation	GWh	44	238.78	21.76	194.94	282.05
Total imports	GWh	44	3.15	1.02	1.53	5.99
System peak demand	GWh	44	65.18	6.81	45.99	73.55
Shoulder demand	GWh	44	113.48	8.23	93.27	128.04
Off-peak demand	GWh	44	47.14	3.61	36.52	53.44
System nonpeak demand	GWh	44	160.62	11.64	129.79	181.48
Umeme purchases	GWh	44	221.43	18.98	175.78	252.53
Other distributor purchases	GWh	44	2.05	0.52	1.13	2.91
Total purchases by distributors	GWh	44	223.48	19.39	177.31	254.97
Total exports	GWh	44	9.78	3.99	6.38	24.92
UETCL total sales	GWh	44	233.26	21.89	184.66	273.54
System energy loss	%	44	3.62	1.15	0.16	7.17
Umeme offpeak sales	GWh	40	25.61	2.50	20.33	30.80
Umeme shoulder sales	GWh	40	64.89	6.09	50.28	76.63
Umeme peak sales	GWh	40	28.59	3.08	22.86	33.44
Umeme domestic sales	GWh	40	42.79	4.90	32.68	51.70
Umeme total sales	GWh	40	161.88	15.94	126.16	188.50
Umeme energy losses	%	40	26.47	5.28	15.51	39.98
Index of industrial production	%	13	195.00	10.82	174.75	218.42
Average domestic system peak	MW	13	460.95	25.98	419.08	490.67
Maximum domestic system peak	MW	13	465.58	27.84	420.05	497.20

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