Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan power demand significantly up; Gujarat, Maharashtra lag behind
NEW DELHI: Agricultural and domestic consumers in north India are pushing India’s electricity demand to last year’s level amid the Covid-19 pandemic, while industrial states like Gujarat and Maharashtra wait for further easing of lockdown restrictions.
The demand for electricity is inching closer to last year’s level but experts believe it is mostly due to hot weather conditions, particularly in plains of northern India.
A state-wise analysis showed that the consumption of electricity in states like Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan has increased over last year- in both peak-hour demand and energy consumed per day terms, a quick comparison between electricity demand (both peak-hour and energy met) on May 26 this year with May 24, 2019—a corresponding working day last year – and average demand in the week of May 20-26, 2019.
