Delhi’s power demand crosses 7,000MW mark, highest since 2019

Delhi’s peak power demand on Thursday crossed the 7,000MW mark, the highest in the last two years, even as officials in the power department said the demand may further go up to 7,400 MW, if the ongoing heatwave in the city continues.

According to the power department’s website, Delhi’s peak power demand touched 7,026MW on Thursday at 3:30pm. It exceeded the previous high of 6,921MW for this year recorded on Wednesday.

Last year, Delhi’s peak power demand was recorded at 6,314 MW on June 29. It was lower than the all-time high of 7,409 MW on July 2, 2019. In 2018, the peak demand was 7,016MW recorded on July 10.