Mumbai: State-owned thermal power stations collectively generated 8,104 MW power for Maharashtra on Sunday. Energy minister Nitin Raut announced that this was the highest ever achieved. It will help meet the rising demand during summer as electricity consumption has now increased 53% as compared to initial Covid-19 lockdown months.
His tweet on Sunday morning read, “Today’s Thermal Load 8104 MW at 8:15 a.m.on 7th Mar.-2021 highest ever achieved in history! Earlier Thermal Load record was 7611 MW on 20/05/2019. Hearty Congratulations to MahaGenco & its O&M.” A senior official said that Mahagenco, which was the state-owned electricity generator, had a total capacity of 13,186 MW. “The thermal generation total capacity was 74% or 9750 MW. Today, seven thermal power stations collectively generated 8,104 MW to meet the demand from consumers, especially when the temperature is rising,” he said. — Somit Sen
