Overview
- Kerala’s grid is under strain as power use hit 117.16 million units in a day and evening demand reached 6,033 MW, causing voltage dips and short night outages in some areas.
- Power Minister K. Krishnankutty says there is no load shedding and that outages of about 15 minutes occur when local networks overload during peak hours.
- KSEB urged households to switch off high-watt devices between 6 pm and 11 pm to relieve the evening surge.
- The state government asked the electricity regulator to approve short-term power purchases that would cost more.
- Congress leaders accused the LDF of hiding daily unannounced cuts, and Youth Congress workers held a midnight “sleep protest” inside a KSEB office in Vandazhi before police removed them.