Power demand beyond 7,300MW in Delhi
“Despite a pointy boom in energy demand, Delhi has controlled it well. No energy cuts. Uninterrupted energy supply,” tweeted leader minister Arvind Kejriwal. Earlier, in a tweet, Delhi’s energy minister Satyendar Jain additionally lauded the energy zone’s role. “Delhi efficiently met an ever-maximum [highest in two years, as per government records] energy top calls for 7,323 today. Heartiest congratulations to (the) Delhi energy zone for this achievement,” he tweeted.
The maximum top energy calls for ever withinside the Capital turned into 7,409 MW, which turned into recorded on July 2, 2019. As the mercury soared, Delhi recorded top energy needs of 6,921 MW and 7,026 MW last week on consecutive days. Friday turned into additionally the second one time in years that top energy calls for in Delhi crossed the 7,000-mark. On June 29 last year, Delhi’s top energy call was recorded at 6,314 MW.
In 2018, the height calls for turned into 7,016 MW, which turned into recorded on July 10 as in line with authorities records. The call for this year can also additionally similarly cross as much as 7,four hundred MW, if the continued heatwave withinside the town continues, stated a senior energy branch legit who did now no longer want to be identified. The BSES discoms — BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) — stated they efficiently met the height energy needs of 3,079 MW and 1,640 MW of their respective regions on Friday. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, in a statement, stated that they too efficaciously met the height energy call for of 2,104 MW of their regions on Friday afternoon, “with none community constraint and energy outage”.
