Delhi is likely to have peak power demand for the first time of nearly 9,000 Mega Watt (MW) this summer and the power discoms are taking steps to ensure smooth electricity supply. The national capital peak power demand last year was 8,656 MW.

Peak power demand in BRPL’ area of South and West Delhi, which had clocked 3,809 MW during the summers of 2024, is expected to reach around 4,050 MW during the summers of 2025. On the other hand, in BYPL’ area of East and Central Delhi, the peak power demand, which had reached 1,882 MW during the summers of 2024, is expected to touch around 1,900 MW this year, accordingto BSES.

It said discoms are geared-up to ensure reliable power supply to meet the power demand of more than 50 Lakh consumers and two Crore residents in South, West, East and Central Delhi. These arrangements include long term PPAs and banking arrangements with other states and deployment of latest technologies like AI and ML for predicting power demand accurately, critical for ensuring reliable power supply.

Moreover, BSES has made power banking arrangements with many states, from where the discoms will get upto 500 MW of power during the summer months. “To meet today’s power challenges and to get a grip on so many varied and dynamic variables, BSES uses a mix of advanced statistical forecasting models, combined with state-of-the-art weather forecasting solutions, including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and rich domain expertise provided by IMD-POSCO.  These analytics help us build models, which lead to high accuracy planning and huge saving of man-hours,” it said. During the year, BSES discoms have strengthened the network and undertook several unique measures to ensure reliable power supply during the summer months.

Apart from preventive maintenance, BSES has also done extensive predictive checks to identify hot-spots or to pre-determine potential faults and to take remedial measures. This is done through thermal scanning, partial discharge measurement, and health assessment of power and distribution transformers. Online load monitoring system is also in place for tracking the power transformers and 11kV feeder load especially during the summers.