The power cuts, that lasted for up to six hours, occurred multiple times in areas such as CR Park, Okhla, Lodhi Colony, Jangpura Extension, Malviya Nagar, parts of Lajpat Nagar and South Extension and Dwarka. The outages happened despite relatively less power demand compared with weekdays when it had breached the 6,000 MW.
The State Load Despatch Centre recorded peak power load of 5,583 MW at 12 am, indicating that power demand did not cross that figure through the day.
Under mounting criticism over the spate of outages, the government had on Saturday hit out at the discoms, saying the companies would be fined and made to compensate consumers for unscheduled power cuts.