Delhi, Maharashtra & Karnataka account for three-fourth of power consumed by EVs in FY25
Delhi, Maharashtra and Karnataka together account for almost three-fourth of the electricity consumed by public charging stations (PCSs) for electric vehicles (EVs) in the country during FY25.
While Delhi alone accounts for more than 40 per cent of power consumed by PCSs on a pan-India basis, Maharashtra accounts for one-fourth of the usage. Karnataka, a surprise entrant, accounted for almost one-tenth of the cumulative consumption.
The higher consumption by PCSs is being attributed to the rise in the number of EVs being sold, particularly two and three-wheelers that are increasingly being used in the transportation and logistics services for last mile delivery, particularly by e-commerce and q-commerce firms.
India has around 26,367 EV PCSs as of March 2025. Karnataka has the largest number of PCSs at 5,879, followed by Maharashtra (3,842), Uttar Pradesh (2,113), Delhi (1,951), and Tamil Nadu (1,495).
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According to the latest data by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), pan-India power consumption by PCSs rose by a healthy 82 per cent Y-o-Y to 847.80 million units (MUs) during the last financial year.
The two top consuming states of Delhi and Maharashtra are followed by the usual high usage provinces of Gujarat, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
However, the southern states of Karnataka and Telangana are the surprise entrants in FY25, who witnessed a multi-fold growth in power consumption by PCSs in the last 12 months.
Karnataka, which has the largest number of PCSs in the country, consumed a record 79.61 MU of power in FY25 against a mere 6.34 MU in FY24. It’s share rose from just 1.4 per cent of the pan-India consumption in FY24 to a record 9.4 per cent a year later.
Similarly, electricity usage by PCSs in Telangana rose to 28.64 MU in FY25 from 6.33 MU in FY24. Its share in India’s total power consumption by charging stations rose from 1.4 per cent in FY24 to 3.4 per cent in FY25.
The PCSs in Gujarat, which lost the third spot to Karnataka, consumed 64.11 MU power in FY25, a 43 per cent Y-o-Y growth. Its share (in power consumption by PCSs) fell from 9.6 per cent in FY24 to 7.6 per cent in the last fiscal year.
Power consumption by PCSs in Haryana rose by 63 per cent Y-o-Y to 23.44 MU in FY25. However, its share in electricity consumed by PCSs fell from 3.1 per cent in FY24 to 2.8 per cent in FY25.
Andhra Pradesh, another top power consumer by EVs at PCSs, saw its usage grow by 66 per cent to 22.23 MU in FY25. The state’s share on a pan-India basis fell to 2.6 per cent in FY25 from 2.9 per cent in FY24.
Expanding Infrastructure
India is expected to expand its charging network considering that the EV sales penetration targets set by NITI Aayog includes 30 per cent private vehicles, 70 per cent commercial vehicles, 40 per cent buses and 80 per cent two and three-wheelers by 2030.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that India’s Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS) pegs the number of electric-light-duty vehicles (e-LDVs) per charging point to almost double to 7 by 2030, requiring installation for around 50,000 charging points annually till 2030.
“To reach this projected stock of public charging points, around 50,000 charging points would need to be added on average each year through 2030, about 30 per cent more than the number of additions observed in 2024,” IEA added.
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Published on June 4, 2025
