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According to officials, Delhi’s peak power consumption on Monday was 4,803 MW, the most this season.
The biggest peak power usage coincides with the city’s temperature falling.
Delhi’s top power demand this year, at 4,803 MW at 10.22 a.m., is higher than the peak power demand recorded in December 2021 and December 2020.
“Green power will play an important role in meeting the power demand in the BSES areas in the winter months. Apart from the long-term agreements with power-plants, including hydro and Delhi-based gas fuel-generating stations, the BSES is also receiving 840 MW of solar power from SECI, 439 MW of wind power…,” a BSES official said in a statement.
“It is also being helped by 127 MW of rooftop solar power installed on rooftops in South, West, East and Central Delhi,” he added.
Aside from these, the BSES discoms are using avenues such as “banking” and “power exchange,” as well as ensuring adequate “spinning reserves” to dispose of surplus power, as well as ensuring reliable power supply and making arrangements to obtain power during the summer months, according to the official.
According to officials, in the event of an unexpected event, the BSES discoms will purchase short-term power from the exchange.
“Advanced load-estimating statistical and modelling tools are assisting the discom in accurately forecasting electricity demand,” the spokesman said.
