India’s peak power demand or highest single day supply touched an all-time high of 207.11 GW on Friday amid the ongoing heatwave across vast areas of the country. “Maximum All India Demand (Highest Supply) touched 207111 MW at 14:50 hrs today, the highest ever level,” the Power Ministry said in a tweet on Friday. The peak power deficit on Thursday was 10.77 GW.
On Tuesday, the all-India power demand or highest supply in a single day stood at a record level of 201.06 GW. Peak power supply on Tuesday exceeded last year’s maximum demand of 200.53 GW on July 7, 2021. However, the demand for electricity exceeded the supply as there was a shortfall of 8.22 GW on Tuesday, according to official data.
Similarly, the demand of 10.29 GW was not met on Wednesday as well, while the maximum supply was 200.65 GW on that day. Power demand is expected to increase further in the coming days as the Met department has predicted that heat wave conditions will intensify across the country.
According to the statement of the ministry, the growth in energy demand in the month of March this year has been around 8.9 per cent. Further, it said the demand is expected to reach around 215-220 GW in the months of May-June, the ministry had said.
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