India’s peak power demand hits new record of 200570 MW in July

NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand hit a new record of 200570 MW in the month of July, a 17.6 per cent increase over the same month a year ago.

The country witnessed the highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on July 7, 2021. This demand of 200570 MW was 17.6 per cent higher than 170545 MW in July 2020 (on 2nd at 22:21 hours), a power ministry statement said.

This was brought out in the system operations highlights for July 2021, put out by the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO), the ministry said.

The report also noted that average energy consumption per day recorded in July 2021 stood at 4049 MU, 10.6 per cent higher than in July 2020 (3662 MU).