PATIALA: The power demand in Punjab partially crashed after thunder storm in Amritsar and surrounding areas a number of transmission lines has tripped in the area.. At least One 132KV tower has been uprooted.
The maximum power power demand in the day was 11712 MW in the afternoon . The power demand dropped by 1000 MW every half hour after 4PM when it was about 10300 MW . By 5 Pm it has come down to around 7100 Mw and state was under drawing its scheduled drawl by more than 2300 MW at high frequency when over drawl by any state is free. By evening at 7PM it has come down to less than 6000 MW.
The load at all the thermal units and private sector units was reduced. The three units at Ropar thermal and three units at Lehra Mohabatt thermal are running at around 160 MW each. Two units each of Rajpura thermal and Talwandi Sabo are generating 300 MW each.