Industries which run captive power plants to generate electricity for their own factories have not yet received any assurance from the government regarding resumption of regular coal supply, the Indian captive power producers association said. Impacted by inadequate coal supply, a number of captive power plants have tapered down their electricity generation and a few plants have also resorted to shutdowns, the association said on Tuesday while interacting with the media.
As FE recently reported, the minerals industry had sought the intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office to ensure their operations were not disrupted due to coal shortage. In a letter addressed to the principal secretary to the Prime Minister, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries had stated that Coal India’s (CIL) request to the Indian Railways for 296 rakes per day exclusively for the power sector could put the non-power coal users in an “immensely precarious situation”.
