Chhattisgarh — Verification Report (May 2026)

Page verified: /states/chhattisgarh · Retrieved: 2026-05-30. Tolerance: ±5% / ±2pp.

Peak-demand field map (read precisely — these are four distinct values)

The page surfaces four separate demand figures; the first-pass draft conflated them. As displayed on 2026-05-30:

Field on page	Value	Timestamp
Current / live demand (modeled)	5,906 MW	2026-05-30 (live)
Today's peak	6,533 MW	10:00 IST
Two-year peak	6,533 MW	2026-05-29
All-time / record peak	7,078 MW	2026-04-18

The headline peak verdict uses the all-time peak (7,078 MW) against the authoritative record. The two-year-peak tile is assessed separately as a known systemic artifact.

Anchor comparison

#	Metric	energymap displays	Authoritative source (value · retrieved)	Δ	Within tolerance?
1	Peak demand (HEADLINE = all-time)	All-time peak 7,078 MW (2026-04-18)	All-time record ~7,006 MW on 22-Apr-2025 (ETV Bharat · 2026-05-30; prior record 6,368 MW May-2024). Trajectory corroboration: 6,030 MW Mar-2024 peak-hour (Business Standard · 2026-05-30); 5,478 MW Dec-2025 winter (CEIC/CEA · 2026-05-30)	+1.03%	✅ (all-time, vs Apr-2025 record one year prior)
1b	Two-year peak tile	6,533 MW (2026-05-29)	Page's own all-time peak 7,078 MW	−7.7%	❌ two-year tile understates (systemic — IEA-1198, no new ticket)
2	Installed capacity (total)	26,424.1 MW (physical, in-state)	CEA Aug-2025 allocation-wise Sub-Total GrandTotal 14,947.08 MW (allocated share) — cea.nic.in PDF · 2026-05-30	+76.8%	⚠️ basis difference (physical vs allocated — IEA-1199), NOT a data error
3	Capacity by fuel	Coal 24,093.0 · Renewable 2,211.07 · Hydro 120.0 MW (sum 26,424.1)	CEA Aug-2025 allocation-wise: Coal 12,626.85 · Hydro 274.00 · RES 1,910.66 · Nuclear 135.57 (Sub-Total GrandTotal 14,947.08)	—	⚠️ different basis (physical in-state vs CEA-allocated)
4	AT&C losses	Not published ("data gap")	PFC / CSERC — not fetched	—	⚠️ unverified (no displayed value)
5	RPO compliance	Not published ("data gap")	CSERC — not fetched	—	⚠️ unverified (no displayed value)
6	Residential tariff	Rs 4.10/kWh (0–100 kWh slab)	CSERC tariff order — not independently fetched	—	⚠️ unverified
7	Real-time demand / interchange	Current 5,906 MW (modeled, 2026-05-30)	WR-LDC PSP / SLDC CG — not independently fetched	—	⚠️ unverified (live modeled value)

Findings

• Headline all-time peak reconciles (Anchor 1, +1.03%). The page's all-time peak of 7,078 MW (2026-04-18) sits +1.03% above the most recent credibly-sourced record of ~7,006 MW, which Chhattisgarh hit on 22-Apr-2025 (ETV Bharat) — itself ~10% above the prior 6,368 MW May-2024 record. A 7,078 MW record set in April 2026 (one summer later) is the natural next step on that trajectory (6,030 Mar-2024 → 6,368 May-2024 → 7,006 Apr-2025 → 7,078 Apr-2026), and it falls well inside the ±5% gate. This is a PASS; no exact SLDC bulletin for the precise 2026 figure was retrievable, but the displayed value is consistent with the authoritative record.
• The two-year-peak tile (6,533 MW) understates the page's own all-time peak (7,078 MW) by ~7.7%, beyond the ±5% gate. This is the known systemic two-year-window underreporting artifact — maps to IEA-1198 (no new fix-ticket). It does not affect the headline verdict, which uses the all-time peak.
• Installed capacity (Anchor 2) is +76.8% over the CEA allocation-wise total — a physical-vs-allocated BASIS difference, not a data error. energymap reports capacity physically located in Chhattisgarh (26,424.1 MW = sum of in-state plants: 3 coal 24,093.0, 2 renewable 2,211.07, 1 hydro 120.0). CEA's allocation-wise report credits the state only with capacity allocated to it (Sub-Total GrandTotal 14,947.08 MW: Coal 12,626.85 · Hydro 274.00 · RES 1,910.66 · Nuclear 135.57). Chhattisgarh hosts large merchant/private coal IPPs (CEA private Sub-Total 9,972.11 MW for the state) whose output is allocated out-of-state, so physical >> allocated. This is the physical-vs-allocated basis issue — reference IEA-1199, NOT a tolerance failure. Recommendation: label the displayed figure's basis (physical-in-state) on the page.
• Per-fuel capacity (Anchor 3) is consistent once the basis is held constant. The displayed coal/renewable/hydro split is the in-state physical inventory; the CEA columns are the allocated split. The page sum (26,424.1 MW) ties out exactly to its own fuel rows, confirming internal consistency.
• AT&C losses, RPO compliance, residential tariff, and real-time demand/interchange could not be cross-verified. AT&C and RPO show as explicit data gaps on the page. Tariff (Rs 4.10/kWh) and the live modeled current demand (5,906 MW) were not validated against a fetched CSERC order / WR-LDC PSP and are honestly marked unverified.

Methodology

Live page values read on 2026-05-30 via the rendered /states/chhattisgarh page and the backing /api/states/chhattisgarh/infra-counts endpoint (installed_capacity_mw 26,424.1; power_plants_by_fuel coal 24,093.0 / renewable 2,211.07 / hydro 120.0). Peak-tile values (current, today's, two-year, all-time) read directly from the page. CEA capacity via the Aug-2025 allocation-wise PDF (curl -k + pdftotext -layout); the Chhattisgarh row was confirmed by neighbouring-row alignment (State 8,072.50 private coal, Sub-Total GrandTotal 14,947.08 — distinct from the adjacent Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra blocks). Authoritative peak corroborated against ETV Bharat (Hindi national outlet), Business Standard, and CEIC/CEA. No value interpolated; unverifiable anchors marked as such.

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Part of the F40 per-state cross-verification programme (IEA-1070). Capacity basis: IEA-1199. Two-year-peak tile: IEA-1198.