Analysis of National Grid of India on the PAN India lights-off event due to COVID-19

Abstract

The honorable Prime Minister of India appealed to the citizens on 3rd April 2020 to switch-off their lights and blow candles/lamps on 5th of April 2020 at 21:00 hours for 9 minutes. The reduction in load demand in India during this interval of 9 minutes was around 35-40 GW considering that only lights would be transitioned. An elaborated advisory was issued by POSOCO(Power System Operation Corporation Limited ) on the 4th of of April 2020 afternoon after a meeting on a call with all the State Load Dispatch Centers and with the major hydro plants within the country. Elaborate artificial exercise on hydro ramping was administered on the 4th of April 2020 night and 5th of April 2020 morning. II. ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOBy analyzing, there are mainly two sections where major changes were observed which are mentioned below.

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