The Indian Government has relaxed norms and regulations for blending of imported coal by power generation companies and allowed states and independent power producers to import the fuel as per their requirements.
The Indian Government has left on states and Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as well as the coal ministry to decide the percentage of imported coal for blending purpose, according to the Power Ministry notice on Tuesday.
Accordingly, Independent power producers (IPPs) and State gencos were asked to import 10% coal for blending in April month due to high demand, dwindling coal supplies at power plants, and Ministry of Coal supply projections.
After reviewing the coal stock condition, the Power Ministry concluded that, “Coal stock situation of State Gencos now vary significantly where many States have stocks more than 50% of normal levels whereas many other States still have stocks near critical level”.
As per the coal ministry released data, during Q1FY23, the receipt of domestic coal at the power plants has increased to 189 MT from 158.9 MT during the corresponding period last year, reporting a growth of about 19%.
Further, against the consumption of about 204.3 MT during Q1FY23, the total coal receipt during the period was 205.5 MT. Notably, the coal stock available at the power plants monitored on daily basis by CEA increased from 25.6 MT as on March 31, 2022 to 29.5 MT as on July 26, 2022.
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