Power demand slump narrows marginally to 9.76% in third week of Jun

Intense heat wave during the third week of June has helped further narrowing of power demand slump to 9.76 per cent from 10.5 per cent in the previous week, showing commercial and industrial activities are yet to reach optimum levels.

The slump in power demand in the first week of the June was recorded at 19.7 per cent. However, the decline so far is still higher than 8.8 per cent recorded in May.

In the third week of June, the power demand has improved due to intensifying heat wave, and it hovered around 162 GW from June 15 onwards, and further shot up to 164.64 GW on Friday (June 19), as per the power ministry data.