Delhi’s peak power demand touched the season’s highest of 7,026 MW on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 pm.
A senior BSES official said that this is only the third year in Delhi’s history that the peak power demand has crossed 7,000 MW. “In 2018, the peak power demand had crossed the 7,000-MW for the first time, clocking 7,016 MW. In 2019, it peaked at 7,409 MW,” he said.
In fact this year, Delhi’s peak power demand has already crossed last year’s peak of 6,314 MW on six occasions, he said, adding that proper planning and a robust distribution network enabled BSES discoms to successfully meet the load in their area.
The official said that BSES discoms are geared-up to source adequate electricity to meet the power demand of over 4.5 million consumers and 18 million residents in South, West, East and Central Delhi, including essential services such as hospitals, labs, quarantine centres, vaccination centres etc, without compromising the safety of the employees.
