6,841 MW: Highest-ever power demand in May
The national Capital on Thursday recorded the highest-ever power demand in the month of May, as Delhi’s peak power demand clocked 6,841 MW.
According to sources in discoms, the city’s peak power demand broke the previous record created on May 13 by clocking 6,841 MW at 3:01 P.M. This is the highest-ever power demand in May. The previous high was on May 13, at 6,829 MW. “Delhi’s peak power demand in May had never crossed the 6,000 MW in 2021 and 2020. In 2019, it had crossed the 6,000 MW mark only on three occasions — May 29 (6020 MW), May 30 (6240 MW), and May 31 (6461 MW),” sources said.
