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How much peak electricity demand does India meet?

245.4 GW
2025-26▼ 4.4 vs 2024-25

CEA · released 24 Jun 2026

How much peak electricity demand does India meet?
PeriodValue (GW)
2025-26245.4
2024-25249.9
2023-24239.9
2022-23207.2
2021-22200.5
2020-21189.4
2019-20182.5
2018-19175.5
2017-18160.8
2016-17156.9
2015-16148.5

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India's peak electricity demand met was 245.4 GW in 2025-26 (CEA), compared with 249.9 GW in 2024-25. Source: Central Electricity Authority, Executive Summary on Power Sector, August 2026.

Cite as: Executive Summary on Power Sector (power supply position) (Central Electricity Authority), 2025-26

What this shows

  • India met a peak demand of 245.4 GW in 2025-26, down from 249.9 GW in 2024-25, the first fall in the decade shown; it was 148.5 GW in 2015-16.
  • The biggest jump came in 2023-24, when peak demand met rose 15.8% to 239.9 GW. Peak shortages have all but gone: 28 MW in 2025-26 against 4.9 GW (3.2%) in 2015-16.
  • In 2026-27 so far (April to July 2026) the grid has already met 270.8 GW, well above the 2025-26 peak, with a shortfall of only 12 MW.

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Executive Summary on Power Sector (power supply position) (Central Electricity Authority), 2025-26

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Source and method

Source
Central Electricity Authority, Executive Summary on Power Sector, August 2026
Table
Section F, table 8: Power Supply Position since 2003-04 (Peak Demand / Peak Met), Peak Met column, MW ÷ 1,000; identical in the May, June and August 2026 editions
Released
24 Jun 2026
Retrieved
20 Oct 2026
Next due
2026-27 full-year figure, in CEA's Executive Summary around mid-2027
Processing
Published in MW; divided by 1,000 to give GW.
Licence
GODL-India
What exactly is measured

The highest all-India electricity demand actually met in a financial year, in gigawatts, from the Central Electricity Authority's power supply position. Peak demand met is the most power the grid supplied at one time; any shortfall against peak demand is shown separately.

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History: every published version

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  1. 11 periods, latest 2025-26: 245.4 GW · first snapshotArchived source83c58882d267
Release notes (1)
  • 245.4 GW (2,45,416 MW)2025-26 full year, CEA Executive Summary May 2026

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