Power demand up 4.6% in September

Signaling the pick-up of industrial and commercial activities, electricity demand in September recorded a 4.6% growth y-o-y to 112.4 BU, making it the first month in the ongoing fiscal to post a positive growth.

Power consumption in the country fell 8.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 625.6 billion units (BU) in the first half of the fiscal as industrial and commercial activities remained muted amid lockdowns imposed across the nation to contain the coronavirus outbreak.