The cold spell underway in Delhi pushed the national capital’s peak winter power demand to an all-time high of 5,559 MW on Friday, discom officials said.
According to real-time data from the State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi’s peak winter power demand clocked 5,559 MW at 11.05 am.
The officials said the previous highest peak demand witnessed in Delhi during the winter was 5,526 MW on January 6, 2023.
A BSES spokesperson said BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Limited) and BYPL (BSES Yamuna Power Limited) successfully met peak power demand of 2,379 MW and 1,136 MW, respectively, in their areas.