Power consumption rose 3.6 per cent to 100.42 billion units in November
New Delhi: India's power consumption grew by 7.5 per cent to 100.5 billion units (billion units / BU) in November, according to the Ministry of Power, showing the second consecutive month of improvement. In November last year, the power consumption was 3.2 billion units and in the same month of 2017, it was 2.3 billion units. So, in October this year, the country's electricity consumption increased by 5.5 per cent to 114.50 BU. During November, the highest demand for electricity, or one-day supply, was recorded at 16.12 gigawatts, up from 120.6 gigawatts in the same month last year. According to the data, November saw a recovery in power consumption as well as demand. Experts said that after the lifting of lockdown restrictions by the states, the government's efforts to increase the supply of coal to power plants and improve economic activities would speed up the recovery in power demand as well as consumption. The 12 power plants with a capacity of more than 12 gigawa