Kathmandu: High demand of electricity (peak demand), 1,602 megawatt, has been recorded in Laxmi Puja of this year’s Tihar festival. According to Nepal Electricity Authority, the peak demand was recorded at 6:25 pm on Thursday, the day of Laxmi Puja.
According to National News Agency RSS , The peak demand of power was recorded at 1,438 megawatts on Laxmi Puja last year. The high demand of electricity was more by 164 megawatts this year as compared to the previous year. The NEA added the recorded peak demand of electricity was excluding industrial customers as industries and factories remain closed during Tihar.
The electricity was supplied by generating power from power houses of the country in order to meet the demand of power on the day of Laxmi Puja. The surplus 253 megawatts of electricity was exported to India after fulfilling the demand of power of the country during peak hour.
Overall demand of 1,855 megawatts of electricity was recorded on Laxmi Puja this year, which was 1,955 megawatts last year.