The power ministry has asked domestic coal-based thermal power plants to continue blending six per cent of imported coal until June 2024 amid the projection of an all-time high peak power demand of 250 GW in summer. In a direction issued in October 2023, the power ministry had asked all thermal power plants to continue blending imported coal in view of supply issues and rising demand for electricity till March 2024 and also increase the blending proportion of imported coal from four per cent to six per cent in domestic fuel.
