Himachal Pradesh — Verification Report (May 2026)

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

Anchor comparison

#	Metric	energymap displays	Authoritative source (value · retrieved)	Δ	Within tolerance?
1	Current / live demand	1,048 MW (2026-05-30 ~06:00 IST)	Live snapshot — no independent same-instant source	—	✅ plausible (seasonal trough)
2	Today's peak	1,048 MW (at 00:00 IST)	Live snapshot	—	✅ plausible
3	Two-year peak tile	1,048 MW ("2026-05-30")	~2,219 MW projected FY24-25 record-class peak · CEA RA HP report · 2026-05-30	−52.8%	❌ understates (IEA-1198)
4	All-time peak tile (HEADLINE)	1,048 MW ("2026-05-30")	~2,219 MW (CEA RA Plan, FY24-25 projected peak; HP winter record-class) · CEA RA HP report · 2026-05-30	−52.8%	❌ understates (IEA-1198)
5	Installed capacity (total)	Not present in fetched page content	5,211.16 MW — CEA Aug-2025 allocation-wise HP Sub-Total (allocated basis) — cea.nic.in · 2026-05-30	—	⚠️ unverified on page; basis note (IEA-1199)
6	Generation mix (live)	Hydro 98.6–100% · solar/wind/thermal/gas/nuclear ~0%	Hydro-dominant state — shape correct	—	✅ shape
7	Imports / interchange	↓333 MW from Northern region (projected)	NR-LDC PSP / HPSLDC — not retrieved this pass	—	⚠️ unverified
8	AT&C losses	Not published for HP	PFC — not retrieved	—	⚠️ unverified
9	RPO compliance	Not published	HPERC — not retrieved	—	⚠️ unverified
10	Residential tariff	₹4.72/kWh (lifeline 0–60 kWh/month)	HPERC tariff order — not independently cross-checked	—	⚠️ unverified

Findings

• Peak tiles understate the record by ~53% — systemic IEA-1198. On 2026-05-30 the page reads 1,048 MW identically for current demand, today's peak, two-year peak, AND all-time peak — the same instantaneous value is mirrored across all four tiles. Himachal peaks in the Dec–Feb winter window; a late-May read sits in the seasonal trough, so 1,048 MW is a plausible live snapshot for current/today's-peak. But the two-year-peak and all-time-peak tiles are wrong: they should carry a stored historical maximum (~2,219 MW per CEA's FY24-25 Resource Adequacy projection for HP), not echo the live value. This is the known peak-tile understatement (IEA-1198) — now visibly affecting the all-time tile as well. No new fix-ticket proposed.
• HEADLINE peak delta (all-time-vs-authoritative): −52.8% (1,048 MW displayed vs ~2,219 MW CEA-projected record peak). The earlier first-pass draft both used a stale value (1,027 MW) and mis-attributed it; corrected to the live 1,048 MW read and benchmarked against CEA's RA peak.
• Installed capacity not present on the fetched page — marked unverified (NOT a tolerance failure). Two independent fetches of the HP page returned only live operational metrics and live generation mix; no installed-capacity (nameplate) section was present in the retrieved content. The first-pass draft's "12,803 MW total / hydro 11,421 MW / RES 1,382 MW" could not be reproduced and appears to have been an artifact — it is removed. The prior +145.7% capacity overstatement was therefore a false positive computed against an unverifiable page value.
• CEA allocated capacity (the authoritative anchor) = 5,211.16 MW. Confirmed from the Aug-2025 allocation-wise table: the Himachal Pradesh Sub-Total row (Central-only state, no separate State/Private utility rows in this table) carries GrandTotal 5,211.16 MW — verified as the row belonging to HP (label "Himachal Pradesh" → Central 1,529.78 → Sub-Total 5,211.16, immediately before the Jammu & Kashmir block).
• Physical-vs-allocated basis note (IEA-1199). Himachal is a hydro-rich exporter: physical in-state capacity (sum of plants located in HP — Nathpa Jhakri, Karcham Wangtoo, Parbati-II, Chamera, Baspa, etc.; 29 large HEPs alone exceed 10,281 MW per public sources) is far larger than HP's allocated beneficiary share of 5,211.16 MW, because central-sector hydro output is allocated across Northern-region states. If/when the page surfaces a physical-in-state capacity figure, a large physical >> allocated gap is the expected basis difference (IEA-1199), not a data error. It cannot be marked pass-or-fail this pass because the page value was not present to compare.
• Anchors 7–10 unverified, honestly flagged. Imports (333 MW projected), AT&C losses, RPO, and tariff were not cross-referenced against NR-LDC PSP / regulator orders this pass. Per the no-fabrication rule they are marked unverified, not estimated.

Methodology

Live values read from the Himachal Pradesh page on 2026-05-30 (~06:00 IST) via two independent fetches; both returned live operational data only (no nameplate installed-capacity section). Authoritative peak benchmarked against CEA's Resource Adequacy Plan for HP (2024-25 to 2034-35), which projects ~2,219 MW peak demand for FY24-25 — the best-cited record-class figure (HP's actual winter peaks have historically sat in the ~1,700–2,200 MW band). CEA capacity via the Aug-2025 allocation-wise report: HP Sub-Total GrandTotal = 5,211.16 MW (allocated basis). The CEIC monthly series blocked direct fetch (HTTP 403) and the CEA RA PDF blocked on TLS; their figures were taken from search-result snippets. No value was interpolated or fabricated; absent page values are marked "unverified," never assigned a delta.

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Part of the F40 per-state cross-verification programme (IEA-1070). Peak-tile understatement tracked under IEA-1198; physical-vs-allocated capacity basis under IEA-1199.