The capital city reported its highest ever peak power demand on Tuesday afternoon when it crossed 7,601MW — according to realtime data of State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) — as high humidity levels and a temperature of over 40 degrees Celsius (°C) turned Delhi oppressively hot and unbearably stuffy. Delhi’s heat index (HI) or the ‘real feel’ temperature was around 53°C on Tuesday with the result that air conditioners and cooling devices remained turned on and turned up throughout the day, thereby smashing the previous record of 7,409MW, clocked on July 2, 2019, electricity officials said.
“Today at 3.21pm, the city’s peak power demand clocked the season’s highest of 7,601 MW. It was also the highest ever demand in Delhi in any month. The previous high was 7,409 MW recorded on July 2, 2019,” said an official from Delhi government’s power department, asking not to be named.
