MUMBAI: The daily peak power demand across the state has increased to over 20,000MW from 15,000MW with industry and commercial users resuming operations in green and orange zones. The peak power demand on Thursday was 21,288 MW and the daytime demand on Friday was around 20,356MW, according to Mahagenco data. During lockdown, daily power consumption was around 15,000MW.
The MSEDCL may face problems in cross-subsidy to low-end power users, live farmers, as revenue collection from industry and commercial users has dipped in last three months.
