Ongoing heat wave and soaring temperatures on Wednesday saw Delhi’s power demand clocking 5,462 MW at 3.27 pm; highest ever in the first 9 days of April. It was 5,029 MW on Tuesday. On their part, BSES discoms successfully met the peak power demand in their respective areas. Meanwhile, Delhi is on the cusp of another historic power milestone. According to the State Load Dispatch Centre, after clocking a record power demand of 8,656 MW in 2024, Delhi’s peak power demand during the summers of 2025 may clock the 9,000 MW for the first time. Last year, Delhi’s peak power demand had crossed 8,000 MW for the first very first time.
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. BSES 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.
Over 2,100 MW of Green power will play an important role in ensuring reliable power during the summer months in BSES area. This includes around 888 MW of solar power from SECI, 500 MW of wind power, 40 MW from Waste-to Energy. BSES efforts in ensuring reliable power are also being helped by 160 MW of roof-top solar installed on roof-tops in South, West, East and Central Delhi.
Additionally, BRPL will also procure up to 1,100 MW through bilateral contract. In case of any unforeseeable contingency, BSES discoms will buy short-term power from the exchange, depending on the time-slot. Adding to these efforts are the advanced load-forecasting statistical and modeling techniques, which use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to help the discom accurately forecast the power demand.
During the year, BSES discoms have strengthened the network and undertook several unique measures to ensure reliable power supply during the summer months.
“Tata Power-DDL successfully met the summer peak demand of 1670 MW today— the highest recorded so far this season, ensuring uninterrupted power supply across its network. The company’s robust power arrangements, including long-term tie-ups and the strategic deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) at Rohini, played a key role in maintaining a reliable and resilient supply amid soaring temperatures.”
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.
