Delhi to get power cut monitoring system, demand may hit 8,000MW
The Delhi government plans to create a unified state-level dashboard under the supervision of the power department to monitor power cuts in the summer for a faster response time, officials said on Tuesday, adding the government has estimated a peak power demand of around 8,000 mega watts (MW) this year. In 2022, the peak power demand was 7,695MW, the highest ever.
According to Economic Survey 2021-22, load shedding in Delhi has dropped to its lowest level in the last two decades at 0.019% of total consumption. Data on the highest load shedding was not immediately available. According to officials, load shedding is a way to reduce stress when the power demand is high and supply is not sufficient to meet demand. It is done to avoid grid failure, said an official, adding that now, power cuts in the Capital are largely due to local factors such as issues related to transformers, feeder lines, and local distribution networks, and are taken care of by the respective discoms.
