The Centre on Friday issued fresh instructions to states asking them to ensure that all plants based on imported coal operated and generated power to their full capacity after it directed them and generating companies based on domestic coal to import at least 10 percent of their requirement of coal for blending.
The instructions issued by the Union power ministry on Friday under the provisions of the Section 11 Electricity Act, 2003, also permit generating companies to sell power to the energy exchanges.
“The demand for power has gone up by almost 20% in energy terms. The supply of domestic coal has increased but the increase in the supply is not sufficient to meet the increased demand for power. This is leading to load shedding in different areas,” the ministry says in the letter issued to states.
