A power of whopping 1,000 MW. That's the amount of power that dropped in the capital during `Earth Hour' on Saturday evening, when many city residents and establishments switched off their lights. Though state power department officials claim that pleasant weather conditions and breakdowns contributed significantly to the drop in demand, they said the campaign itself resulted in electricity savings of about 500-550 MW.
Power experts are calling the huge drop in electricity usage a landmark event. A majority of power guzzlers like hotels, monuments, industries and commercial units - many of them closed anyway during the hour, 8.30pm to 9.30pm, - had pledged to be part of the event. But experts said the major contributors were the residents of Delhi as up to 65% of the power load in the evenings comes from the domestic sector.
"It was basically the domestic sector that contributed to the massive reduction in load requirement on Saturday evening during Earth Hour," said an expert in the power sector.
The weather has been responsible for a considerable drop in electricity demand in Delhi for the past few days. With the drop in temperature, we have a surplus of approximately 700 MW.
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That was a good initiative . Hope this creates more awareness
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