NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand shot past 210 gigawatts (GW) at 3 p.m on Tuesday to smash the previous record of 209.8 GW hit a day earlier, even as Coal India Ltd (CIL) invited bids for importing coal for the first time with the aim of helping generation companies build up fuel inventories for the rainy season.
Reflecting the rising demand, energy consumption — or units of power consumed —also clocked a historic 4,712 million units (MU) on and gross generation across the country stood reached highest-ever at 4,824 MU on Tuesday as a result of the government’s efforts to ensure 24X7 affordable power for all, power minister R K Singh tweeted.
