The maximum electricity demand across Haryana nearly touched 9,000 megawatts (MW) on Wednesday, while the supply fell short by around 1,500MW, officials of the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited said on Thursday.
According to officials, Haryana’s average demand is around 7,000MW this time of year.
The shortage resulted in four to six hours of cumulative power outage in all of Gurugram till Thursday evening, said officials of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), adding the power outages lasted from 15 minutes to almost an hour during different times in the day.
No power official, however, was willing to be quoted on record.
