Power Demand & Grid Behavior Before & During #9Baje9Minute Event !
Yeah, it did give all of us a feeling that every one around us has suddenly become power expert pundits on whats app groups & twitter :D since the day our Prime Minister announced the #9Baje9Minute task and even lots of buzz on impact of this decision on country's grid network and vagera vagera :) It was amazing to see how many people { the MASS COMMUNICATION DIPLOMA HOLDER ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS ;) } were secretly hoping the power grid to fail :D !!
So yeah as everyone knows now that #9Baje9Minute event was a big success without any impacts on India's Grid & No - Power Grids did not collapse. Usual Suspects and professional nay-sayers can chill. India does not care for their bogus alarmism.
Power Demand Met #9Baje9Minute
So, yeah Demand went down from 1,14,445 Megawatts at 2055 hrs to 85300 MW till 2109 hrs; a reduction of 32000 MW. Then it started increasing. Frequency was maintained within a band of 49.7 to 50. 26 Hz, which means voltage was kept stable.
Also, below is the Comparison of All India Power Demand Met (MW) at Same Time on April 4 Vs April 5
ALL INDIA POWER POSITION (MW) ON APRIL 4 Vs APRIL 5 (#9Baje9Minute)
Please note here that this actual figures of more then 31000+ MW was more then 2 times of what was expected would be the reduction in power demand !!! This figures has also given the estimation of numbers in terms of Lighting Load of the Country too !
The National grid operator POSOCO & the national, regional & SLDC's did a great job with support from all generators : NHPC, NEEPCO, THDC, SJVNL, BBMB, NTPC, all state Gencos & IPPs, Transcos & Distribution companies. Kudos to them.
This proves robustness and resilience of our National Grid so well !
Once again Congratulations to everyone for being disciplined while using the grid and showing solidarity to fight corona .
Please #StaySafe #StayHome & #StayHealthy
Cheers !
Urvish Dave