The power demand in Telangana, which hovered around 231.341 million units in the beginning of November, has now come down to 199.754 mu on Friday. In fact, it was 182.599 mu on Thursday
The spike in power consumption was mainly due to excess usage of appliances like air conditioners and coolers owing to extreme sultry weather conditions.
Officials say as there were no rains, but for some scattered showers, farmers were left with no choice but to use groundwater, leading to abnormal increase in power consumption
Hyderabad: Setting a record of sorts, Telangana registered record peak load demand of 13,857 MW at 3.54 pm on Monday. The new milestone was achieved within three days of recording peak load demand of 13,742 MW on Saturday, surpassing last year’s peak load demand of 13,688 MW in March. This is the highest peak load […]
Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy said Telangana’s per capita power consumption in 2020-21 was 2,012 units compared to the national average of 1,161 units. “This is 73 per cent higher than the national per capita. This is also a testimony of the rapid progress achieved in the power sector in the State,” he said […]