Telangana | Farming, rising temperatures drive electricity peak load to record levels; 11,129 MW power demand on March 6

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Agriculture works and emergence successful temperatures contributed to summation successful request for energy successful Telangana. The representation is utilized for typical purposes only. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR

HYDERABAD

The vigor requirements of the cultivation assemblage are connected the changeless emergence successful Telangana on with the peaking of the Rabi farming operations.. Additionally, the seasonal summation successful time temperatures is pushing up vigor needs of home and commercialized and concern categories, taking the peak load successful the Southern Discom to 11,129 megawatt connected Friday (March 6, 2026).

According to officials of the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana constricted (TGSPDCL), the maximum highest load recorded successful the State was connected March 3 erstwhile it closed 18,139 MW. However, a caller highest load successful Southern Discom was recorded connected Friday. On the aforesaid time (March 6) past year, the highest load was 10,310 MW.

Energy depletion has besides accrued importantly successful the Greater Hyderabad country with March 3 signaling a maximum load of 4,421 MW. The erstwhile all-time highest request recorded past twelvemonth successful the TGSPDCL has already been surpassed earlier this month.

Districts with precocious cultivation usage besides recorded a sizeable summation successful request for electricity. The maximum request successful combined districts of Nalgonda recorded connected Friday was 2,459 MW. It was 2,326 MW successful Mahabubnagar and 2,181 MW successful Medak.

According to Chairman and Managing Director of the TGSPDCL, Jitesh V. Patil, indispensable measures were taken to guarantee uninterrupted powerfulness proviso to consumers considering the grounds emergence successful demand.

He added that field-level officials and unit were instructed to continuously show the load connected 33 kV/11 kV feeders and powerfulness transformers successful substations successful presumption of the expanding load.

Published - March 07, 2026 12:55 p.m. IST

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