Power demand touches all-time high of 185.82 GW: Power Secretary S.N Sahai
NEW DELHI : All-India power demand on Wednesday morning touched a record high of 185.82 gigawatts (GW), said Power Secretary S.N Sahai.
“Power demand continues to surge. Yet another record – all India demand : 185.82 GW ie 185, 822 MW at 09:35hrs today ie 20/01/21. It has crossed previous all India demand of 182.89 GW i.e. 182, 888 MW on 30th December, 2020”, Sahai said in a tweet.
On December 30, 2020, all-India power demand had touched 182.89 GW.
According to data from the power ministry, the peak power demand met (the highest supply in a day) during January last year stood at 170.97 GW.
