NEW DELHI: The excessive summer time warmth in Delhi pushed its peak energy demand to an all-time excessive of 8,302 MW on Wednesday afternoon, officers mentioned. It is the primary time within the historical past of the nationwide capital that its energy demand has crossed the 8,300-MW mark. Power distribution corporations had estimated the facility demand to peak at 8,200 MW this summer time, the discom officers mentioned.
According to the State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi, the height energy demand of the town was 8,302 MW at 15:36:32 hours. The earlier peak energy demand was recorded earlier this month, when it touched 8,000 MW on May 22.
The metropolis has been braving a chronic spell of heatwave circumstances with the utmost day temperatures in lots of components together with Najafgarh, Mungeshpur and Narela touching virtually 50 levels Celsius.
