Punjab meets highest demand for electricity during summer season

Punjab Government on Tuesday claimed that the State met the highest demand for electricity during the summer season with the state power utility — Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) — supplying a record 14,207 megawatt (MW) of electricity against the previous year’s demand of 13,431 MW.

“PSPCL has been successful in providing uninterrupted power supply to the state’s paddy farmers in accordance with the promise made by the Chief Minister…Electricity has been provided to all agricultural pump sets in the State and eight hours of power supply is ensured daily to the tubewell connections,” said the state Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO.