The govt will direct the regulator to retain Rs 12 per unit ceiling on power exchanges and will launch a high-price market specifically for gas-fired and battery storage plants in 3 months, power and renewable energy minister RK Singh said. Blending of imported coal will continue when required to avoid blackouts, he told Sarita Singh & Vinay Pandey in an interview. Edited excerpts:
Post monsoon power demand has set in. How is the coal stock situation at power stations now?
