Country’s power consumption grows 6.1% in December

In November, the power consumption growth slowed to 3.12% to 96.88 BU compared to 93.94 BU in the same month last year mainly due to early onset of winter.

India’s power consumption grew by 6.1% to 107.3 billion units (BU) in December, showing spurt in economic activity, according to official data.

Power consumption in December 2019 was 101.08 BU.

After a gap of six months, power consumption recorded a year-on-year growth of 4.5% in September and 11.6% in October.

In November, the power consumption growth slowed to 3.12% to 96.88 BU compared to 93.94 BU in the same month last year mainly due to early onset of winter.

Experts said that the 6.1% growth in power consumption and all-time high peak power demand of 182.88GW in the month of December clearly indicate that there is considerable spurt in economic activity in the country. They said power demand growth would be more stable in the coming months.

Last week, Power Secretary S.N. Sahai had tweeted, “Today, the all-India demand…

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