{"id":85317,"date":"2024-07-01T17:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/heat-drives-power-demand-up-9-but-fuel-sales-stay-modest-in-june-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T17:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:06:04","slug":"heat-drives-power-demand-up-9-but-fuel-sales-stay-modest-in-june-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/01\/heat-drives-power-demand-up-9-but-fuel-sales-stay-modest-in-june-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat drives power demand up 9% but fuel sales stay modest in June &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-111411788,imgsize-524079.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heat drives power demand up 9% but fuel sales stay modest in June &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Heat drives power demand up 9% but fuel sales stay modest in June &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: The intense <!-- -->heat wave<!-- --> and rising humidity with the onset of <!-- -->monsoon<!-- --> towards the end of the month drove up power consumption by 9% in <!-- -->June<!-- --> as households and commercial establishment ran cooling appliances for longer hours. <br \/>But petrol, jet fuel and LPG sales posted moderate gains, while diesel remained in the slow lane during the month, essentially on loss of farm sector demand.<br \/>Government data pegged power consumption at 152.3 billion units (BU) during the month under review against 140.2 BU. The highest demand met in a day, also known as \u2018peak demand met\u2019 in industry parlance, too jumped 9.8% to 245.4 gigawatts (GW) from 223.2 GW in June 2023.<br \/>The early onset of heat wave in the absence of summer showers had pushed up peak demand to a record 250.2 GW in May this year against the previous all-time high of 243.2 GW in September 2023.<br \/>The picture was mixed for fossil fuels. Diesel demand, a key indicator of economic activities, was 1.3% lower than June 2023. This is largely attributable to lack of traction from the farm sector. Sequentially, however, sales were 0.4% higher than May.<br \/>Petrol consumption posted a healthy growth of 3.6% on rising share of the fuel in new car sales and people\u2019s preference for personal vehicles for holiday travel. On monthly basis, the growth was a modest 1.9% as the holiday season began tapering and monsoon disputed travel in many parts.<br \/>Jet <!-- -->fuel sales<!-- --> rose 4.3% annually, catching the fading strains of holiday season fervour, the reason why sequentially demand was 3.8% lower than May. LPG sales rose more than 5% year-on-year but were only 0.6% higher than May.<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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