1
EstablishedThe goal was not met: the highest weekly average in the reports was 4,594 MW (week of June 19-25), the highest daily peak in the tables 4,488 (2004-02-14). Not a single day came near 6,000.
6,000MW: the stated goal
4,594highest weekly average
3different deadlines for one goal
1 of 151days with a daily peak of 4,400 MW or more
Six thousand promised, four thousand delivered
One goal, a moving deadline
2
EstablishedThe moving deadline: “by 2004-07-01” (reports of 2004-02-06 – 2004-03-26), then “by 2004-06-01” (reports of 2004-04-02 – 2004-05-28), then “by 2004-06-30” (reports of 2004-06-04 – 2004-06-25).
3
Established“Back to pre-war levels” at 4,023 MW, says a February 2004 statement. But a report by the CPA itself puts the pre-war peak above 4,400.
4
EstablishedThe “record” the CPA announced days before leaving: 4,900 MW on a single day, 20 June 2004, while that week’s average was 4,594. Still about 1,100 short of the goal.
5
EstablishedA promise kept: oil production exceeded the 2.0 million barrels a day target in January 2004 (2.14 million), according to the monthly report to Congress.
6
Open questionHow many hours of power reached homes? Peak load does not say, and demand by the same reports was about 5,500–6,000 MW.
Method, confidence and limits
Daily load: “Total Peak Load” from 152 daily Ministry of Electricity reports in the essential-services section, dated by the “Report Date” in the text. 1 values above 5,000 MW are marked doubtful (a likely OCR artefact) and left out of the line; they stay in the table.
Weekly average: “The seven-day average (…) of peak electricity production” from 17 weekly reports; the date is the end of the week named in the text (2004).
The deadline: the phrase “6,000 MW by …” in each weekly report that states it (17 reports), ordered by report week.
Limits: peak load is not total generation or hours of supply. The daily tables in the archive cover October 2003 – May 2004 only.
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