The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent slowdown in economic activity has reflected in the electricity consumption patterns in Kerala, indicate the Economic Review 2021 tabled in the State Assembly.
Electrical energy consumption in the State, including open-access consumption, slipped to 22,540.32 million units (MU) in 2020-21 from 23,058.91 MU in 2019-20, a decrease of 2.24%.
The decrease is perhaps best reflected in the annual consumption by the Low Tension (Commercial) category, which fell from 3,426.48 MU in 2019-20 (14.93% of the total electricity consumption that year) to 1,459.11 MU in 2020-21, which accounted for 6.59% of the total consumption, a comparison of the Economic Review data for 2020 and 2021 show.
