India's power usage increased by over 9% year over year to 117.84 billion units in February of this year. The strong increase in power usage suggests that economic activity remained in high gear in February.
Experts had earlier said that power consumption and demand would register a substantial increase in March due to further improvement in economic activities as well as rise in temperature. In February 2022, power consumption stood at 108.03 billion units (BU), higher than the 103.25 BU in the same month of 2021, the data showed.
The amount of electricity used in February 2020 was 103.81 BU. The highest supply in a day, or the peak power demand, increased to 209.66 gigawatt (GW) in February 2023. Peak power supply in February 2022 was 193.58 GW, compared to 187.97 GW in February 2021.
