WUHAN, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The power grid of Wuhan saw a maximum daily load of up to 5.62 million kW Wednesday afternoon, 30 percent higher than a week ago, the city government said.
Wuhan is home to the largest urban power grid in central China. But due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the grid load had dropped nearly 40 percent year on year since the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
As the city resumes production gradually, its electricity load has seen an average daily growth rate of 3.4 percent since March 22. The reopening of six subway lines on March 28 added another 180,000 kW to the daily load.
According to the State Grid Corporation of China's Wuhan office, the city's pillar industries including automobile making, electronic communication and pharmaceutical manufacturing saw a faster growth of electricity consumption.
The company said preferential electricity price schemes will be offered to enterprises to support their post-epidemic production, which is expected to cut electricity bills by 389 million yuan (about 54.9 million U.S. dollars).
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