New Delhi: Delhi’s electricity demand touched an all-time high of 7,241 megawatt (MW) on Monday afternoon as north-west India continues to bear the brunt of a searing heatwave. “Today on July 1, 2019, also the day when the Delhi power sector was unbundled, Delhi’s peak power demand has broken all previous records. It broke the previous record of 7,016 MW recorded on July 10, 2018," BSES said in a statement. “Delhi’s peak power demand during the summer of 2019 may clock 7,400 MW, an increase of over 250% over the peak power demand of 2,879 MW in 2002," the BSES statement added. “This summer season, the peak demand in Delhi is increasing with each passing day.

Source: Mint July 01, 2019 14:26 UTC