Amid soaring temperature, Delhi’s peak power demand touches 6,560MW

New Delhi: Amid soaring temperatures, the peak power demand in Delhi touched 6,560MW Sunday, the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) reported Monday. This was higher than the annual peak load of 2017 — 6,526 MW on June 6, 2017.

The power demand crossed the 6,000 MW mark on Wednesday and has been rising since then.

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“On June 2, Delhi’s peak power load reached 6,560 MW at 11.31 p.m.,” the SLDC said.

Last year on June 1, Delhi’s power demand hit an all-time high of 6,651 MW. In July, it created another new record with a demand of 7,016 MW.