Chandigarh July 21 (IANS) The maximum daily electricity consumption in Haryana has crossed a record 2 000 lakh units the state s power utilities said on Friday.
"The consumption this year was recorded as 2 010 lakh units on July 19 2017 against the record of 1 929 lakh units on August 26 2014 " a spokesman of Haryana Power Utilities said.
The peak power demand has also touched a new high of 9 440 MW on July 15 against the 2016 peak demand of 9 262 MW recorded on July 22.
He said that the power utilities have successfully met the peak power demand of 9 440 MW on July 15 and highest every daily power consumption of 2 010 lakh units on July 19 without any network constraint.
"The state utilities were able to cater to the record consumption even when there was a shortage of about 2 900 MW in the Northern Grid due to outage of Karcham-Wangtoo Nathpa-Jhakri and Rampur Hydro Generation because of silt " the spokesman said.
"All generators of the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) were in service on July 19 " he added.
He said that the Haryana Transmission Utility has added 20 new sub-stations augmented the capacity of 128 existing sub-stations and added about 800 km new transmission lines by making an investment of Rs 1 045 crore.
The state distribution utilities made an investment of about Rs 2 688 crore in new sub-stations and distribution lines he added.
"State Power Utilities have met the summer or paddy peak load demand through a robust transmission and distribution network " he said.
--IANS
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