LUCKNOW, June 26 -- As the state-wide intense heat conditions continue to prevail unabated amid delayed monsoon, Uttar Pradesh is setting new records of electricity demand with the rural areas feeling the heat generated by emergency load shedding.

On Thursday, the maximum peak demand reached a record 32,634 MW at 9.54 PM, the highest-ever in the state's history. The last highest demand was recorded to be 32,348 MW on June 21. Uttar Pradesh is believed to the state with the highest peak demand these days.

On Thursday, there came another peak at 12.39 AM when the mid-night demand reached 32,402 MW. "We met a record 32,634 MW power demand on Thursday evening. This was the highest demand ever recorded in UP," a senior UP State Load Dispatch...