New Delhi, July 8 -- India's power demand in the April-June quarter fell by 1.5 per cent from a year ago, mainly due to reduced use of cooling appliances amid the early onset of the monsoon.

Demand dropped to 445.8 billion kilowatt-hours during the period, according to data from the Central Electricity Authority.

Bloomberg reported that it's the first contraction since 2020, when the pandemic brought the economy to a halt.

The highest supply in a day (peak power demand met) in June also fell to about 242.49 GW last month, from around 244.52 GW in June 2024.

The peak power demand was about 231 GW. It had touched an all-time high of about 250 GW in May 2024.

The government had estimated peak power demand to touch 277 GW in the summer o...