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India: Heat wave triggers power demand, unprecedented crisis in Punjab

Jul 7, 2021

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by

Rituparna Ghosh

in Non Coking

Amid the heatwave conditions prevailing in northern India, the country’s peak electricity demand touched a new high of 197.06 gigawatt (GW) on Tuesday. On 1 Jul’21, India’s peak electricity demand had reached 191.24 GW. The country’s power consumption rose to 115.39 billion units (BU) in Jun’21, up by 4.7% m-o-m and 10% y-o-y. A revival…