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Power demand soars

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: On a day when the mercury shot up to 40.6 degrees Celsius, the Delhi Government's Power Department grappled to meet the highest ever demand for power. Scorched by the intense heat, the city's consumption of power on Wednesday rose to an all-time high of 3,840 MW, breaking the earlier record of 3,736 MW registered on May 31, 2006.

However, heavy showers in the evening brought relief for both the city and the Power Department. While the mercury climbed down a few notches, the demand for electricity also dipped.

"Whenever the temperature goes up, the consumption of power increases. In the past two days, when the mercury crossed 40 degrees, we recorded a maximum load of 3,649 MW and 3,840 MW respectively," said a Power Department official.

Officials maintained that the maximum load was met with a load shedding of 5 MW. Distribution company BSES had to resort to load shedding in some areas due to the shutdown of a 20 MVA 66 KV/11 KV transformer at Bindapur.

Delhi was overdrawing around 300 MW of power from the Northern Grid at 4-30 p.m., but with the sudden dip in temperatures brought about by the rain, the city registered an under-drawal of about 200 MW. The total generation of power hovered around 1,250 MW.

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