Covid-19: Lockdown leads to fall in power demand
Even as the power demand was rising in the first two months of 2020, the lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak has reversed the trend.
Energy consumption has declined by 21-22 per cent to 2,628 GWh since the second week of March, when the lockdown was announced, as per a report by brokerage firm Emkay.
The lockdown, which has resulted in bringing economic activity to a standstill, is expected to have greater impact in the coming weeks with more stringent measures being adopted by the government. “This would further bring down industrial and commercial activity in the country,” the report said. The numbers are indicative of the overall power demand; as yet there is no break-up between industrial and consumer power demand.
