Power demand may top 8k MW this year
Delhi’s peak power demand this summer is likely to cross the 8,000 megawatt (MW)-mark, electricity distribution companies (discoms) said on Monday.
“Delhi’s peak power demand breached the 7,000-MW for the first time – peaking at 7016 MW — in 2018. This year, the expected peak power demand is likely to touch 8,200 MW, which will be an increase of around 285% over the peak power demand of 2,879 MW two decades ago in 2002. If the power demand this summer actually peaks as per our projections, then it will be the first time that Delhi’s demand will hit the 8,000 MW-mark,” said a senior power department official who asked not to be named.
Last year (2021), Delhi’s clocked a peak power demand of 7,323 MW. The highest peak demand ever met in Delhi was in 2019 when it 7,409 MW on July 2. During the summers of 2020, the city logged a peak demand of 6,314 MW.
