Delhi Power Demand

The rising number of coronavirus cases in Delhi has necessitated an urgent need to increase hospital beds and isolation facilities

The new amendment has capped the 'per unit cost' of electricity to be used for charging an EV at a public station

There has been no tariff hike in the last four years and experts believe that the status quo is likely to prevail in the near future

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Delhi's peak power demand on January 1 reached 5343 MW, highest ever in the winter season so far, said the spokesperson of BSES discoms BRPL and BYPL

A total of 1,700 MW of power is available from long-term sources

According to the data, the power demand shrank 12.94 per cent to 98.36 BU in October this year compared to the year-ago month

The announcement comes ahead of the Delhi assembly election, which is scheduled to take place early next year

The AAP government has written to Union Power Minister R K Singh that Delhi was staring at a power blackout due to the fast depleting coal stockpiles at power plants in the city and has urged him to take up the issue with the Railways which transports coal to the national capital. In a letter to Singh, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said that thermal generation stations Dadri I & II, Jhajjar and Badarpur had been facing an "acute coal shortage" for many days due to non-availability of transportation rakes. "Since June 19, the coal stock is declining continuously and has reached approx. 90,000 MT, which is only one and a half days' requirement. "Normally, a stock for at least 15 days is required to be maintained by these power plants. The situation, therefore, is extremely critical," Jain wrote in the letter. This is the second time that the Delhi government has alleged that the Railways wasn't providing wagons for transportation of coal to these plants which, according to ...

Delhi witnessed its peak demand increasing by over 8% in just 48 hours, from 5733 MW to 6188 MW