The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter to Union Power Minister, RK Singh, on Thursday, has expressed concern that electricity costs may increase by at least 30 per cent due to the blending of imported coal with domestic coal.
VK Gupta, spokesperson of the federation, in a press release, said, “The Union Ministry of Power has advised all coal-based thermal generating stations to maintain adequate coal-stock according to their obligations. In the case of domestic coal shortage, the generators can blend the imported coal up to 15% domestic coal to meet the increased power demand in the country.”
