New Delhi, April 10 -- With more people switching to induction cookstoves due to the LPG shortage, India's peak power demand is expected to surge by as much as 27 GW, an official said on Friday.

This is significant as India's peak power demand is expected to touch a record 271 GW this summer. Mint reported earlier that the state-run EESL was considering a revamp of the National Efficient Cooking Programme to promote the use of induction cookstoves.

Krushna Chandra Panigrahy, director general of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), noted on Friday that the shift toward induction cooking has already begun and will create "an additional layer of demand" during morning and evening peak hours.

While usage patterns vary across India due to...