Mumbai: A source from Mahagenco, the state power generator, said that thermal power generation has gone up from 5,000MW a few months back to over 7,000MW now. The demand for power fell to as low as 15,000MW in April and May last year, but has now retuned to normal levels. Sources said that the demand for power across the state, including Mumbai, was an average 15,000MW in March-end and in April and May last year. This increased to 18,000MW in June, and later averaged between 20,000MW and 21,000MW between July and December. In January, the demand peaked to 22,000MW and has now touched 23,000MW in February, sources stated. Power expert Ashok Pendse said as compared to the first two quarters of 2020 (April-June and July-September), there was not much of an expectation in the third quarter (October-December) during the pandemic. “But surprisingly, the push from the automobile and other manufacturing sectors was phenomenally large and the production resumed in a big way, thereby also resulting in huge consumption of electricity. Consumption also went up as shops, malls and other establishments opened up,” Pendse said, adding that now the situation was almost back to normal in the power sector. Worried about… Read full this story
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