As heat rises, peak power demand crosses 6,000 MW
The national Capital’s power demand on Thursday crossed the 6,000 Mega Watt (MW) mark for the first time in April. According to real time data of the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), the peak power demand was 6,000 MW at 3.31 p.m. Power demand is likely to soar further this summer, breaching the all-time high of 7,409 MW recorded on July 2, 2019.
In a statement, discoms said that Thursday’s peak power demand was 3.7 per cent more as compared to 5,769 MW on Wednesday afternoon. The demand was 4,469 MW on April 1 and has gone up by 34 per cent since then. “On four occasions this month, Delhi’s peak power demand clocked the highest-ever in April, each breaking the previous record in quick succession.
On April 19, it was 5,735 MW, 5,761 MW on April 20 and 5,786 MW on April 27 and 6,000 MW on April 28,” sources informed. “In 28 days of April this year, the peak power demand has been higher on 100 per cent of the corresponding days that of April 2021. In the first 28 days of April, Delhi’s peak power demand had clocked 4,372 MW in 2021 and 5,552 MW in 2019,” sources said.
