Power Plant Coal Stocks

Coal inventories at thermal power stations fell to 22.9 MT on September 19, just 39 per cent of normative stock, as 74 of 190 plants faced critically depleted stocks

India's peak power demand, a measure of the maximum electricity ‌requirement, has been hovering between 230 gigawatts and 250 gigawatts in the past week

Coal stocks at thermal plants fell to 29 mt in August from 50 mt a year ago as higher power demand lifted coal-based generation and strained inventory replenishment

Coal stocks at thermal power plants have declined amid robust electricity demand, subdued hydropower generation and lower domestic coal production during the monsoon

Coal stocks at thermal power plants fall as critical-stock plants rise, even as Coal India holds record-high pithead inventories

Govt expecting 37 mt of coal stocks by Oct-end, 7 mt more than the previous year

KSK Mahanadi is currently undergoing insolvency proceedings at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). Coal India, NTPC, Vedanta, JSW Energy were among the other bidders

The domestic coal supply to the power sector in October is 12 per cent more than the same period of last year.

Union coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain on Tuesday said that thermal power stations have coal stocks that will last for the next 17 days and Mahagenco has stocks for eight to 10 days. Jain addressed a press conference along with Coal India Ltd (CIL) chairman Pramod Agrawal at the Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) during their visit to Nagpur. A major decision has been taken with regards to the pension scheme of coal mine workers, Jain said. The CIL gives Rs 10 per tonne of coal production towards pension scheme to coal mine workers, and likewise, the CIL gave approximately Rs 622 crore towards pension scheme out of the total production of 622 million tonnes last year, he said. As private coal companies were not contributing this way, the coal ministry was planning to a make a law wherein such firms will have to contribute around Rs 20 per tonne coal towards pension fund, Jain said. Speaking about the coal supply to Mahagenco and other power companies, Jain said the WCL was supposed to

Mixed signals: Maharashtra govt raises alarm, but generating stations claim supply is under control

Coal shortage crisis at thermal power projects does not seem to abate very soon as the number of non-pit head plants with less than four days of dry fuel stock has increased to 70 this Sunday

States continue to flock spot market, prices at record high

While the coal stocks in the Maharatna company peaked to around 60 mt, coal stocks in power plants rose to 41.41 mt - the highest ever inventory level in the country till date

None of the units run by NTPC, along with those operated by its JVs, now faces a situation of super critical stocks

Kaniha open-cast mining, with 10 mt in annual output, has witnessed a record 1269 hours of work stoppage in FY20

The CEA plans to streamline data for demand and performance of state power utilities and power plants along with coal and railway rake availability