With rains continuing to be elusive, Delhi’s peak power demand broke all previous records on Monday (July 1, 2019) as it touched 7241 MW at 3:29 PM. According to an estimate by power discoms in Delhi, the peak power demand during this year may touch as high as 400 MW - an increase of over 250% over the peak power demand of 2879 MW in 2002. Delhi’s power demand crossed the 6000 MW for the first time in 2016 (6216 MW on July 1). In June 2019, Delhi’s peak power demand crossed 6000 MW on 24 days. On July 10, when the peak demand had set a new record, the BSES had said that the peak power demand this year marks an increase of over 250 per cent over the peak power demand of 2,879 MW in 2002.

Source: dna July 02, 2019 00:10 UTC