India’s power consumption grew 4.8 per cent in October to 114.37 billion units (BU), indicating a good recovery amid coal shortages at electricity generation plants, according to power ministry data. Last year in October, power consumption stood at 109.17 BU and in the same period in 2019, it was at 97.84 BU.
During October, the peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day stood at 174.60 GW, higher than 169.89 GW in the same month last year.
