Peak Power demand in Delhi has shattered all the records, touching to highest of the season 6,904 MW on Wednesday. BRPL and BYPL successfully met the peak power demand of 2951 MW and 1580 MW in their respective areas. This power demand may further increase during the night hours.
Delhi’s peak power demand during the summers of 2019 may clock 7400 MW. Last summers, they breached the 7000 MW for the first time - peaking at 7016 MW. Peak power demand in BRPL’ area of South and West Delhi, which had reached 3081 MW during the summers of 2018, is expected to touch around 3200 MW this year. In BYPL’ area of East and Central Delhi, the peak power demand which had reached 1561 MW last year is expected to touch around 1640 MW.
A senior BSES official said that cooling load is the main reason factor behind the increase in Delhi’s power load. In fact, according to estimates, almost around 50 per cent of Delhi’s power demand in summers is because of the cooling load (AC, coolers and fans).
BSES has launched an online (Facebook / Twitter) and offline (Customer Newsletter (Samvad) and RWA engagement) campaign, sensitising consumers about the same and sharing tips on how to conserve electricity.
