India, June 9 -- In a rare departure from the seasonal trend, Gurugram witnessed a significant drop in peak power load in May 2025 due to unseasonal and frequent rainfall, coupled with thunderstorms that prevented the onset of a heatwave, officials from the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) said on Saturday.

Against an expected rise, the city's peak load dipped to 2,075 megawatts (MW) in May this year, a 260 MW drop compared to the 2,335 MW recorded during the same month in 2024 - a year that had registered the highest peak load across the calendar.

"This is a rare instance. The drop happened due to frequent rainfall and thunderstorms which kept temperatures from consistently rising, avoiding a typical summer heatwave," said Sh...