Coal news and updates

The power ministry has assured the Prime Minister that electricity supply will not be affected due to nonavailability of coal from the blocks whose allotment was quashed by the Supreme Court last month even as the ministry promised to maximise generation from other sources. 

 

"As far as supplying coal to these power projects after coal blocks' deallocation is concerned, the ministry will need to formulate a policy for giving appropriate coal linkage or coal block (through auction) to their end use power projects in consultation with the ministry of power," the ministry wrote to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) earlier this month. 

 

The ministry added that since the Supreme Court has given six months' time to the coal block allottees, power supply is not likely to be immediately affected due to non-availability of coal from these blocks. 

 

The PMO had sought a plan of action to ensure thermal power plants in public and private sector are not stranded due to lack of coal. However, the ministry did not suggest any plans or alternatives immediately.

 

 

Source: ET