18 June 2024 Punjab Khabarnama : AMIDST A sweltering heatwave and an expected surge in agricultural load by end-June, a key body of power engineers employed across state and central utilities, on Monday flagged the possibility of a grid outage in Punjab that could have a cascading impact on the country’s grid, and also warned that an imminent surge in demand “may lead to an unmanageable power situation”.
Over the last one month, the northern region has been witnessing a record demand due to the prevailing heat conditions. On Monday, it touched the highest-ever peak demand of 89 giga watt (1 GW is 1,000 mega watts), which was successfully met. But such high demand has led to power supply cuts in Lucknow and Meerut, and also impacted passenger services in Delhi international airport Monday afternoon after a “significant voltage spike in the grid, reportedly due to the tripping of a 765KV line”.
