NEW DELHI: Delhi’s power demand on Sunday touched 5268 MW, the season’s highest amidst the ongoing heat wave. The peak hour power demand recorded on May 24, 2019 was 5094 MW. This is the first time this month, Delhi’s peak power demand has crossed last year’s peak on any given day, a BSES statement said.
Peak power demand in May 2019 was 6461 MW, recorded on May 31. Delhi BSES discoms BRPL and BYPL said they met peak power demand of 2,448 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.
