PowerWatch | India met a peak power demand of 194.2 GW on June 27

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India met a peak power demand of 194.2 gigawatts (GW) on June 27, which was marginally up from 193.28 GW demand on June 26. The peak power demand has remained below the 200 GW mark for at least three consecutive days, which can be attributed to monsoon reaching several parts of the country, officials said.

The peak demand deficit, which refers to the shortfall in meeting the demand, stood at 318 megawatts (MW) on June 27 against 64 MW on June 26.

On June 9, the country witnessed a record-high power demand of 223.23 GW, surpassing the previous high of 222.92 GW recorded on June 8.

In 2022, the highest peak demand met was 212 GW on June 10.

Coal stocks continue to be manageable, as of now, data showed. Of the 165 domestic coal-based thermal power plants in the country, 38 had critical stocks as on June 25. Last year, at this time, there were 96-105 such plants. At least 33.4 million tonnes (MT) of coal are stocked at thermal power plants.

Keeping in mind the sustained growth in power demand, the government on June 12 also extended its direction to imported coal-based plants to mandatorily operate and generate power till September 30 this year. This direction was issued under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003. Prior to the June 12 extension, the mandate was to be valid till June 15.