Post Covid spurt: Peak power demand touches all-time high on Wednesday

Peak power demand of the country touched 1,82,888 mega-watt (MW) mark on Wednesday — an all-time high — marking the reversal of the trend of tepid growth in energy demand during the pandemic and signalling a spurt in commercial and industrial activities. Wednesday’s peak demand breached the previous high of 1,82,610 MW recorded on May 30, 2019, power secretary Sanjiv Nandan Sahai said on Twitter. “The entire demand was met,” Sahai added.

The record peak demand was reached at 9:48 AM on Wednesday. The rise in demand is a good news for power producers, as owing to lower consumption, electricity generation from thermal power plants in April-October was 8.3% lower than corresponding period last year.