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Total power demand outpaced supply by 4,424 megawatt (MW), or 3.3 Percent of demand, across the country in February. Total peak power demand last month was 1,32,507 MW, of which 1,28,083 MW was met, leaving a peak power deficit—shortfall in electricity supply when the demand is at the maximum —at 4,424 MW, data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed.

“Because of economic slowdown demand of electricity is stagnant. As capacity addition in last couple of years have been robust, we are experiencing the lowest power deficit in last 15 years,” Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd senior director Debasish Mishra said.

Southern India was the worst affected, registering a deficit of 5.2 Percent or 1,883 MW. Total electricity requirement of the region, comprising Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep, was 36,427 MW as against a supply of 34,544 MW.

The Northeast—Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Mizoram —registered a deficit of 96 MW. The power demand was 2,025 MW and supply was 1,929 MW.

The electricity requirement in the eastern states, including West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, was 14,976 MW of which 14,499 MW was met, leaving the region with a shortage of 477 MW or 1.3 Percent. North Indian states and Union territories—Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand—reported a peak power shortage of 2.9 Percent. Total electricity demand in the region last month was 37,895 MW, of which 36,780 MW was met, according to the data.

The western region, which includes Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, reported a power shortage of 2.1 Percent. The demand was 41,184 MW against a supply of 40,331 MW.

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