NEW DELHI: Electrical energy consumption at public charging stations (PCS) jumped by over 72% in 2025-26, indicating a gradual rise in using electrical autos – non-public and industrial – as India’s automotive sector shifts in direction of cleaner vitality.Information compiled by the Central Electrical energy Authority (CEA) confirmed that 848 million items (MU) of electrical energy have been consumed by public chargers in FY25, which elevated to 1,460 MU in FY26. Over 74% of the electrical energy was consumed at heavy-duty public chargers utilized by electrical buses, vans, high-capacity passenger coaches and industrial fleet autos, whereas gentle and medium private and industrial e-vehicles consumed 26%. In FY25, heavy-duty and medium and lightweight autos accounted for 70% and 30% of electrical energy consumption, respectively.The information, nevertheless, will not be complete because it doesn’t embrace electrical energy consumed by public chargers in all north-eastern states, in addition to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the UTs of Puducherry, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. CEA stated energy distribution corporations in these states and UTs didn’t present the related data.CEA stated data on PCS was required to evaluate progress within the improvement of a dependable EV charging ecosystem, guarantee vitality safety and scale back emission depth, to make essential coverage interventions.”The information on vitality consumption in these EV charging stations can also be necessary for the aim of load forecasting, distribution system planning and built-in useful resource planning within the nation,” the report acknowledged.
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Public chargers in Maharashtra consumed almost 378 MU, or 26% of India’s whole vitality consumption at PCS, adopted by Delhi (359 MU), Karnataka (213 MU) and Telangana (111 MU).With govt pushing for adoption of EVs to foster a cleaner setting and obtain its net-zero emissions objective by 2070, whole EV gross sales in India crossed 2.5 million items in 2025, marking a sturdy 24.6% year-on-year progress and accounting for almost 8.5% of all new car registrations, pushed by robust progress within the two-wheeler, three-wheeler and passenger car segments.
