The cold spell underway in Delhi pushed the national capital's peak winter power demand to an all-time high of 5,559 MW on Friday. According to real-time data from the State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi's peak winter power demand clocked 5,559 MW at 11.05 am. The officials said the previous highest peak demand witnessed in Delhi during the winter was 5,526 MW on January 6, 2023. Delhi's peak power demand this winter is expected to cross 5700 MW this year.

A BSES spokesperson said BRPL (BSES Rajdhani Power Limited) and BYPL (BSES Yamuna Power Limited) successfully met peak power demand of 2,379 MW and 1,136 MW, respectively, in their areas.

"Apart long-term agreements from power-plants, over 2000 MW of green power will play a significant role in ensuring reliable power supply to BSES consumers during the winter months. This includes, 840 MW of solar power from SECI, 540 MW of Hydro power, 500 MW of wind power, ~ 40 MW from Waste-to Energy and ~160 MW of roof-top solar power installed on roof-tops in South, West, East and Central Delhi. Infact, upto 60% of the maximum 'winter' power demand of upto 3600+ MW in BSES area will be met with green power," BSES said.

Apart from these, BSES discoms are using avenues like "Banking", "Power Exchange" and ensuring sufficient "Spinning Reserves" to dispose of surplus power as well as ensuring reliable power supply, as also making arrangements to get power during summer months.  "In case of any unforeseeable contingency, BSES discoms will buy short-term power from the exchange. Adding to these efforts are the advanced load-forecasting statistical and modelling techniques, which are helping the discom accurately forecast the power demand," it said.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), which supplies power in North Delhi, met a peak power demand of 1,735 MW, a company spokesperson said.