The utilisation level of coal-based power plants touched an all-time low in April, with their average plant load factor (PLF) standing at 41.9%, down from 63.1% in April 2019, amid falling electricity usage during the lockdown.
PLF of private thermal power plants fell to 44% last month, nearly 14 percentage points lower than April 2019. The same for plants run by central government firms fell 22.6 percentage points year-on-year (y-o-y) to 49.9% in April. Average thermal PLF for NTPC plants was 54.9% in April, sharply declining from 75.9% recorded in the same month last year.
