Bihar has been paying an additional ₹20 crore daily for the past couple of days to purchase power from open market during Dussehra but is still not getting as much to meet its peak load demand of 5,500 MW as the coal-fired utilities, supplying power to the state, are facing coal shortage, said power officials.
Union power minister RK Singh, however, denied of a scarcity in any state. “We have an average coal reserve (at power stations) that can last for more than four days. The stock is replenished every day. I am in touch with (Union minister for coal, mines and parliamentary affairs) Pralhad Joshi,” he said after chairing a meeting with discoms in New Delhi on Sunday, reported ANI.
