PUNE: The electricity and other energy consumption for commercial establishments came down almost by 50 per cent in Pune city due to the Covid-induced measures like lockdowns.
The electricity consumption by the commercial sector in 2018-19 was 1,324 million units (MU) which dropped to 743 MU in 2019-20.
The Pune Municipal Corporation published the ESR (Environment Status Report) for 2020-21 on Friday and gave the energy consumption details. Even the energy consumption by industrial areas came down drastically. In 2018-19, energy consumption by the industrial sector was 1,460 MU which came down to 1,146 MU in 2019-20.
PMC collected data from MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited).
Interestingly, though the energy consumption came down in industrial, commercial, municipal and other sectors, it remained almost the same in residential sector. Though many people left for their hometown or shifted to rural areas, the energy consumption remains constant in the residential sector as many people started working from home.
PMC mentioned in the ESR that mainly electricity, LPG, petrol, diesel, kerosene, CNG and PNG are the sources of energy in the city. There is a slight drop in all these sectors during 2019-20, according to PMC’s ESR.
Electricity consumption (in MU)
{{/usCountry}}Electricity consumption (in MU)
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Year/ Electricity consumption
2017-18/2,026
2018-19/2,194
2019-20/2,044
Commercial category
2017-18/1,277
2018-19 /1,324
2019-20/743