As the temperature in the national Capital is dipping, Delhi’s peak power demand this winter season can clock up to 5,500 MW, registering a new record in the city.
According to the sources in Discoms, the SLDC data shows that the Capital’s peak power demand this winter can go upto 5500 MW, surpassing the peak winter demand of the last couple of years.
“Last year, it had peaked at 5104 MW and 5021 in 2020. The peak winter power demand in BSES Rajdjani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) areas had reached 2140 MW and 1122 MW respectively during last winter,” they said.“This year, it is expected to reach 2289 MW and 1159 MW for BRPL and BYPL respectively,” they claimed.
The sources further said that ensuring reliable supply in any season is as much the function of proper power arrangements as also accurate demand forecast and robust distribution network. On all these aspects, BSES discoms are geared to ensure adequate power availability for its around 47 lakh consumers or around 2 crore residents during the winter months.
Informing about the measures taken to meet the expected power demand in the city, a senior Discoms official said the back-bone of BSES’ power-supply arrangements during the winter-months includes long-term agreements from power-plants; including Hydro and Delhi based gas fuelled generating stations. “Additionally, BSES is also receiving 840 MW of solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), 439 MW of wind power, 25 MW from Waste-to Energy. It is also being helped by 127 MW plus of roof-top solar power installed on roof-tops in South, West, East and Central Delhi,” he said.
He said that apart from these, BSES discoms are using avenues like “Banking”, “Power Exchange” and ensuring sufficient “Spinning Reserves” to dispose of surplus power as well as ensuring reliable power supply, as also making arrangements to get power during summer months.
In case of any unforeseeable contingency, BSES discoms will buy short-term power from the exchange which is available at economical rates. Adding to these efforts are the advanced load-forecasting statistical and modelling techniques, which are helping the discom accurately forecast the power demand, a senior Discoms official said.
“BSES discoms will also bank surplus power with other states, which need additional power during the winter months. This banked power will be available during the summer months.
BRPL will bank upto 415 MW with states like Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. On its part, BYPL is expected to bank upto 300 MW with states like Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from whom it had taken quantum during summer-months,” he added.