With rains eluding Delhi and the maximum temperature hovering near 40 degrees Celsius, the national capital’s peak power demand soared to 6,921 MW on Wednesday, the highest so far this summer season.
Earlier in the day, the India Meteorological Department’s regional forecasting centre had predicted a heatwave during the day with the maximum temperature likely to settle around 41 degrees Celsius.
According to the Delhi State Load Dispatch Centre’s real-time data, the peak power demand reached 6,921 MW at 3:10 PM on Wednesday.
This season’s previous peak of 6,592 MW was recorded on Tuesday.
According to discom officials, this year, Delhi’s peak power demand has already crossed last year’s peak of 6,314 MW on five occasions — June 30, 29, 28, 24 and 23.
