Overview
- Kerala’s power minister rejected reports of planned cuts and said blackouts are brief overload trips that typically last five to ten minutes.
- He did not rule out future load shedding if demand stays high or supply falls short.
- The minister said the state has received 250 megawatts of supply and added that buying more power from outside Kerala would ease the crunch.
- Officials link the strain on the grid to extreme heat, heavier use of air-conditioners and induction stoves, rising electric vehicle charging, and an ongoing LPG shortage.
- Public anger has spurred protests at Kerala State Electricity Board offices in districts such as Thrissur and Kozhikode, and one prolonged outage was traced to a fault on a feeder line.