The number of thermal power plants having critically low stocks of domestic coal has reduced significantly for the first time in nearly two months, implying higher production and improved transportation of coal in the country.
Data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed that as on Monday (June 20), only 74 of 150 power plants running on domestic coal in the country had critically low coal levels. The national peak demand on the same day was 183,850 MW, and the shortfall was merely 109 MW.
In view of improved coal supplies, domestic coal-based (DCB) power plants generated a record high-power of 3.3 million units per day between June 1 and June 16, data showed. Increased electricity generation did not deplete coal stocks at these DCB power plants during the same period and the stocks increased from 21.85 MT (June 1) to 22.64 MT (June 16).
