The Centre has invoked its emergency powers to ensure power plants which use imported coal run at optimum capacity during the summer months and prevent blackouts.
The Union power ministry has invoked the emergency powers under Section 11 of the Electricity Act so that the power plants maximise their output and sell surplus power in the exchanges.
A committee will be set up to determine the rates at which the plants will have an option to sell electricity to power distributors with whom there is a power purchase agreement.
