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Along with the scorching heat in the capital Delhi, the demand for electricity is also breaking records. The demand reached 7098 MW on Tuesday, which is the highest this season. 3103 MW power was consumed in BRPL area and 1615 MW power in BYPL, whereas on June 1, the power demand in Delhi was recorded at only 4390 MW. An increase of 2708 MW has been registered within just 13 days, which is about 61 percent.
Last year the peak demand of electricity was recorded at 7695, 7323 in 2021 and 6314 MW in 2020. Talking about BRPL area, last year it was 3389 and in 2021 it was 3118 MW. This year the power demand of BRPL is expected to reach 3570 MW. Talking about BYPL, last year the demand in this sector reached 1752 MW, while in 2021 it was recorded at 1656 MW. This year i.e. in 2023, the demand of electricity in BYPL can touch the figure of 1880 MW.
Here, in order to provide better power supply to the consumers, the power company BSES and Tata Power have not only made adequate arrangements for electricity. Rather, state-of-the-art techniques have also been used to estimate electricity demand almost accurately. It also includes weather forecasting technology. Temperature, rainfall, cloudiness, wind speed, wind direction and humidity play an important role in estimating the load almost accurately. In view of this, advanced statistical forecasting models, state-of-the-art weather forecasting solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning are being used.
