As many as 86 thermal power plants in the country, including six imported dry fuel-based, had critical coal stock levels as of October 18, according to a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report.
The power plants are labelled as having a critical coal stock situation, where the dry fuel is less than 25 per cent of the normative level.
According to the daily coal report of the CEA for October 18, 2023, as many as 86 thermal power plants were having critical coal stock situations out of the monitored 181 in the country.
There were six imported coal-based plants out of these 86 plants.
