Coal stocking norms for thermal plants revised: Govt to Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday informed Parliament that it has revised the coal stocking norms for thermal power plants across the country. It also informed the Lok Sabha that coal stocks at nearly 136 power plants have improved in November as compared to the previous two months.

“Revised coal stocking norms have been formulated by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) mandating the coal stock of 17 days at pit head stations and 26 days at non-pit head stations to be maintained by power plants from February to June every year,” Union minister of power and new & renewable energy RK Singh said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Non-pit head plants are power plants where the coal mine is more than 1,500 km away.