City’s electricity demand peaks at record 5,268 MW
As the city continues to simmer under the intense heat with maximum temperature settling at over 40 degrees Celsius on Monday, national Capital’s peak power demand reached to 5,268 MW on Saturday which is seasons’ highest.
A senior BSES official said that peak power demand clocked 5268 MW which is marginally more than the 5094 MW recorded last year. “Infact, this is the first time this month, Delhi’s peak power demand has crossed last year’s peak on any given day. Peak power demand in May 2019 was 6461 MW, recorded on May 31,” he said.
On their part, BRPL and BYPL successfully met the peak power demand of 2448 MW and 1227 MW respectively. Last year, Delhi’s peak power demand had clocked 7409 MW. In BRPL’s area, it was 3211 MW and 1686 MW.
