Patiala, June 30 -- The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) continued to grapple with soaring electricity demand on Tuesday amid an intense heatwave and ongoing paddy transplantation season, recording its highest-ever daily electricity supply of 3,862 lakh units (LU).

Punjab's peak power demand touched 17,035 MW on Tuesday, just shy of the season's record 17,147 MW registered a day earlier.

According to PSPCL data, the record supply, surpassing the previous all-time high of nearly 3,600 LU recorded a day earlier, still fell short of meeting demand, forcing it to impose unscheduled power cuts to maintain grid stability.

On Tuesday, the total demand stood at 3,964 LU with an official deficit of 102 LU despite extensive purchas...