With billions now confined between their walls and lost in their devices, the Wuhan originated covid-19 crisis reminds us of electricity’s irreplaceable role in modern lifestyle.
The maximum daily load of electricity was 162 GW on March 22nd. This load dropped by 41 GW to 121 GW by March 31 after the announcement of the much needed lockdown in India.
As a result, discoms, who were already affected by payment delays before the pandemic hit, have expressed their inability to pay generation companies.
While the share of fossil-based dispatch has gone down substantially, renewable power, being priority dispatch, has largely maintained its supply.