Climate Change is adding uncertainty for the Power Demand Requirements, Timings and Duration

▶ Power demand requirements and timings are getting uncertain due to changing weather patterns.

▶ Peak power and total power demand months also differ. Winter peaks generally occur without an absolute increase in power demand.

▶ Winter peaks are getting usual, but high power demand months stay in the April-September range.

▶ 2023 and 2025 were both unusual years with drastic changes in peak, total power supply and demand patterns.

The chart uses four years of data from 2022 to 2025. For each year, data has been marked with the three months of highest demand. These months are listed in decreasing order: D1, D2, and D3.

Let’s look at the analytics part:

1️⃣ There is a minor change between D1, D2, and 3D. The exception is 2023, when the difference was 10GW+.
2️⃣ No single month has any of the three highest demands. But the month of June had peaks in every year.
3️⃣ 2022 and 2024 were normal predictable years, with D1, D2, and D3 falling between April and July.
4️⃣ 2023 was unusual. D1 came in August, D2 in September and D3 in July. Peaks 1 and 2 also came in September and August due to significant rainfall deficits. There were also record-breaking high temperatures.
5️⃣ 2025 was more unusual. It had a prolonged cool summer. Still, D1 was in July, D2 in August, and D3 in June. Peak 1 came in June. Peak 2 was in December, and Peak 3 was in February.

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