India's power consumption dips to 130.57 bn units in April
The Hindu
India’s power consumption dipped for the second month in a row by 1.1% to 130.57 billion units in April this year, as widespread rains in the country prompted people to use fewer cooling appliances compared with the previous year.
India's power consumption dipped for the second month in a row by 1.1% to 130.57 billion units in April this year, as widespread rains in the country prompted people to use fewer cooling appliances compared with the previous year.
In the year-earlier period, power consumption stood at 132.02 billion units (BU), higher than 117.08 BU in April 2021, according to government data.
Power consumption was also affected in March this year, due to widespread rains in the country.
It dipped to 126.82 BU during the month under review from 128.47 BU a year earlier.
The experts said that had there been no rains in March as well as April, then the power consumption would have shown a good growth in the two months.
The rains reduced the demand for electricity as people used fewer cooling appliances compared to the previous year, according to experts.
Further, experts are hopeful that power consumption and demand would grow May onwards, due to further improvement in economic activities as well as a rise in temperature during this summer season.
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