India’s power consumption grows nearly 47% in first week of April
Power consumption in the country grew nearly 47 per cent in the first week of April to 28.34 billion units (BU) over the corresponding period a year ago, showing robust recovery in industrial and commercial demand of electricity, according to power ministry data.
Power consumption in the first week of April last year (from April 1 to 7, 2020) was recorded at 19.33 BU.
On the other hand, the peak power demand met, which is the highest supply in a day, during first week this month remained well above the highest record of 132.20 GW in the same period in April 2020.
