Centre cautions against sale of ‘unallocated’ power

BHUBANESWAR: Even as several states of the country are grappling with a power crisis due to low generating capacity of thermal plants for want of coal, the Centre has warned of snapping the share of unallocated power of those states that sell electricity at higher rates through energy exchanges for profit instead of sparing it to meet the demand of those that need it.

The directive came from the Ministry of Power following reports that some states are selling their surplus power in energy exchanges at higher prices.