Drop in Delhi household power consumption during lockdown

In the lockdown months of March-July this year, more households in the city entered the 0-200 power consumption bracket, and got zero bills, as compared to last year — despite the Covid-19 pandemic confining people to their homes. A similar trend was witnessed in households consuming 200-400 units.

Delhi’s domestic households are eligible for a full rebate on 0-200 units of consumption, and 50% rebate on 201-400 units of consumption starting August 2019. During the lockdown months, more domestic consumers or households moved into the subsidised electricity brackets.

In areas supplied by the BSES for instance, in March 2020, 27.59 lakh customers consumed 0-200 units of electricity, up by 1.35 lakh households as compared to last year. Similarly, households consuming 201-400 units of electricity in July 2020 numbered 12.56 lakh compared to 11.22 lakh last year, up by 1.33 lakh households