The demand of electricity has been reduced significantly due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Governments around the world were compelled to reduce the business activity in response to minimize the threat of coronavirus. This on-going situation due to COVID-19 has changed the lifestyle globally as people are mostly staying home and working from home if possible. Hence, there is a significant increase in residential load demand while there is a substantial decrease in commercial and industrial loads. This devastating situation creates new challenges in the technical and financial activities of the power sector and hence most of the utilities around the world initiated a disaster management plan to tackle this ongoing challenges/threats. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the global scenarios of power systems during COVID-19 along with the socio-economic and technical issues faced by the utilities. Then, this study further scrutinized the Indian power system as a case study and explored scenarios, issues and challenges currently being faced to manage the consumer load demand, including the actions taken by the utilities/power sector for the smooth operation of the power system. Finally, a set of recommendations are presented to support the government/policymakers/utilities around the world not only to overcome the current crisis but also to overcome future unforeseeable pandemic alike scenario.

由于最近的 COVID-19 大流行，电力需求已大大减少。世界各国政府被迫减少商业活动，以尽量减少冠状病毒的威胁。由于 COVID-19，这种持续的情况改变了全球的生活方式，因为人们大多呆在家里并尽可能在家工作。因此，住宅负荷需求显着增加，而商业和工业负荷需求大幅下降。这种毁灭性的情况给电力部门的技术和金融活动带来了新的挑战，因此世界上大多数公用事业公司都启动了灾难管理计划来应对这一持续的挑战/威胁。所以，本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 期间电力系统的全球情景以及公用事业面临的社会经济和技术问题。然后，本研究将印度电力系统作为案例研究进一步审查，并探讨了当前管理消费者负载需求所面临的情景、问题和挑战，包括公用事业/电力部门为电力系统的平稳运行而采取的行动。最后，提出了一系列建议，以支持世界各地的政府/决策者/公用事业，不仅要克服当前的危机，还要克服未来不可预见的类似流行病的情况。当前在管理消费者负载需求方面面临的问题和挑战，包括公用事业/电力部门为电力系统的平稳运行而采取的行动。最后，提出了一系列建议，以支持世界各地的政府/决策者/公用事业，不仅要克服当前的危机，还要克服未来不可预见的类似流行病的情况。当前在管理消费者负载需求方面面临的问题和挑战，包括公用事业/电力部门为电力系统的平稳运行而采取的行动。最后，提出了一系列建议，以支持世界各地的政府/决策者/公用事业，不仅要克服当前的危机，还要克服未来不可预见的类似流行病的情况。