As the national Capital continues to reel under intense heat, city’s power demand broke all previous records with the peak power demand reaching 6,934 MW at 3.28 pm on Friday, the highest ever recorded in the city. last summer, it was recorded at 6,526 MW.
The peak power demand had soared to 6,651 on June 1 this year and broke the previous record of 6,526 MW recorded on June 6, 2017. “This is the fourth time in the current month that last year’s all-time high record of peak power demand of 6,526 MW has been broken,” a senior BSES official said.
To meet the demand of around 40 lakh consumers, arrangements have been firmed up by BRPl and BYPl to source adequate electricity, said the official. “It includes long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and banking arrangements with other States, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Bhutan,” the BSES official said.