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Daily News Wrap-Up: Government Takes Steps to Meet Summer Peak Power Demand

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March 10, 2023

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The Ministry of Power has devised a comprehensive strategy to ensure the availability of power during the summer. In a meeting chaired by the Union Power Minister, R.K.Singh, the government outlined several steps that would be undertaken to meet the growing power demands in the coming months. The Central Electricity Authority estimates that the peak electricity demand will reach 229 GW during April. The all-India peak power demand had touched an all-time high of 201.1 GW on April 26, 2022, surpassing the peak power demand of 200.5 GW met on July 7, 2021.

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