Mumbai: The coal stock at thermal power plants operated by state-run power generation utility have plunged due to supply bottlenecks as the rising mercury continues to drive up the electricity demand.
Three of these power projects that together account for around 4,000 MW of the 9,330 MW installed generation capacity of the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) have coal inventory sufficient for just over a day.
Coal-based thermal power accounts for the bulk of the power generated by MahaGenco. The state-owned electricity generation utility has an installed capacity of around 13,602 MW across all sources like thermal power (which is 9,330 MW), hydroelectricity, gas and solar.
