NEW DELHI: A Delhi government data has revealed that the city had its lowest ever power cuts in the current financial year.
"At 0.06 per cent, the capital has witnessed the lowest ever load shedding in 2017-18. This is almost six times lower than 0.4 per cent witnessed in 2014-15," according to the official data.
The current year also witnessed the highest ever peak power demand and government officials said this reduction in power cuts is noteworthy and point towards improvement in processes and systems of electricity supply and transmission.
As per the data gathered, since 2014-15, the percentage of power cuts has been continuously dropping. From 0.4 per cent in 2014-15, it dropped to 0.14 per cent in 2015-16, 0.1 per cent in 2016-17 and 0.06 per cent in 2017-18.
Delhi's peak power demand shot to 6526 MW on June 6, 2017, the highest ever.
The fact that the city’s electricity demand crossed 6,500 MW, reflects the robustness of power distribution and transmission system in the national capital, the officials said.
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) together supply electricity to nearly two-third area of Delhi. Also, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited supplies electricity to north and northwest Delhi.
The discoms attributed the decrease in power cuts to better coordination among various stakeholders, strengthening network capacity, use of latest technology and adequate power purchase agreements to meet the city's electricity needs.
"Massive increase in the network capacity helped BSES discoms meet the unprecedented load growth. During 2016-2017, BSES discoms added a transformation capacity of around 600 MVA and installed over 670 transformers," a spokesperson of the company said.
Innovative ideas such as double-decker sub stations and two MVA transformers in congested areas, crackdown on power theft, focused monitoring, deployment of quick reaction teams to address local issues among others have also contributed to achieving the lowest ever power cut, he said.
