Power demand remains higher in 1st week, crosses record peak of Feb’20
India’s peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day has remained higher in the first week of February till Friday and surpassed the record high supply of 176.38 GW for February last year, indicating robust growth in electricity consumption in the country. According to the power ministry data, peak power demand met was recorded at 187.71GW on February 1, 188.15 GW on February 2; 188.11 GW on February 3; 183.81GW on February 4 and 184.34GW on February 5.
The peak power demand met in this month so far is higher than the monthly record power demand met of 176.38GW for February 2020. Experts opined that the data clearly indicates all likelihood of high electricity consumption growth in the month of February this year.
They are of the view that if power supply is higher in the first five days of February than the monthly record peak a year ago, then electricity consumption would not only register high growth but would remain at much higher level than that in 2020.
