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With power demand increasing steadily this season, the energy department has directed its engineers to be more alert as the peak demand is expected to cross 17,500 MW in the summer. The highest peak demand of 16,601 MW was recorded on February 26

According to latest report of the CEA, Telangana surpassed Rajasthan, Karnataka and Punjab and reached 5th rank with its power demand touching 15,573 MW in August

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High power demand in August is considered to be an aberration as it is a monsoon month. But, the situation has been different this year, due to the dry spell and humidity, said the officials

Greater Hyderabad recorded the highest consumption of 89.71 million units on Friday.

The power demand is likely to fall in the second week of the month as harvesting season would be at the peak, the officials said.

Infact, in the Greater Hyderabad region electricity consumption has surged by an astonishing 30 percent compared to March last year.

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 […]

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According to experts, the recovery in power consumption and demand was slow in the first week of June due to the low base of last year.

During the first week of May this year, peak power demand met or the highest supply in a day touched the highest level of 168.78 GW (on May 6, 2021).

The power consumption had grown 11.45 per cent to 55.37 BU during October 1 to 15, against 49.67 BU, in the corresponding period a year ago