Power consumption grows nearly 10% to 115.39 billion units in June

Power consumption had slumped June 2020, mainly due to fewer economic activities amid COVID-induced restrictions.

Power consumption in the country grew by nearly 10 per cent in June to 115.39 billion units (BU) compared to a year ago, but is still lower than the pre-COVID level, according to power ministry data.

Power consumption had slumped to 105.08 BU in June 2020, mainly due to fewer economic activities amid COVID-induced restrictions.

Notwithstanding the improvement, the power consumption in June 2021 is still lower than June 2019 (pre-COVID level), when it was at 117.98 BU.

On a month-on-month basis power consumption grew by 4.7 per cent in June compared to 110.17 BU in May this year.

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