With the mercury rising, the power demand in Delhi surpassed the 7000 MW mark on Tuesday and clocked 7098 MW.
In the BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Limited) and BYPL (BSES Yamuna Power Limited) areas, the peak power demand today clocked 3103 MW and 1615 MW, respectively, and was met successfully. BSES officials said that their discoms are geared-up to ensure reliable power supply to meet the power demand of about two crore residents in South, West, East, and Central Delhi. These arrangements include long-term PPAs and banking arrangements with other states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
BSES discoms will get up to 630 MW (BRPL up to 330 MW, BYPL up to 300 MW) of power through banking arrangements, they said.
According to the data provided by the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), the power demand touched 7098 MW.
This month, Delhi’s peak power demand has seen huge variations. It has increased from 4390 MW on June 1 to today’s high, an increase of 2708 MW, or 61 per cent.
Last year in June, there were nine such occasions when Delhi’s power demand exceeded 7000 MW, with June 29 setting an all-time high record of 7695 MW. Additionally, June 2022 saw the power demand cross the 6000 MW mark on 11 occasions and the 5000 MW mark on eight occasions. In 2018, peak power demand breached the 7000 MW mark for the first time, reaching a peak of 7016 MW. The expected peak power demand of around 8100 MW in the present year represents an increase of approximately 280 per cent compared to the peak power demand of 2879 MW recorded in 2002.
