Major electricity supplier power stations are facing a lot of trouble due to shortage of coal.
New Delhi, October 9 (IANS)| Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi informing him about the current coal shortage situation. Coal shortage has hit the national capital for the third consecutive month, affecting power generation in the city. “The problem since August has affected power generation from major central generating plants supplying electricity to the NCT of Delhi,” the chief minister wrote.
The letter further mentioned, “CERC Tariff Regulations (Regulation 34) mandates the generating station to maintain coal stock for 10 days and 20 days for pithead and non-pithead stations.” According to CEA’s daily coal report, “NTPC Dadri-II, Jhajhar, and DVC (CTPS) and Singrauli have only one day’s stock left for four days, while Mejia has run out of coal stock.”
Kejriwal wrote, “In this situation, the dependence on gas stations supplying electricity to Delhi increases. However, the gas plants supplying electricity to Delhi do not have enough APM gas to run at full capacity. This is Delhi. will seriously affect the power supply position in the PPCL-1 and GT stations are facing shortage of APM gas at 1.77 and 1.07. The Aam Aadmi Party leader has suggested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to intervene to ensure that “enough coal can be diverted from other plants like Dadri-II and Jhajjar TPS, which are supplying to Delhi”. Huh.”
Another suggestion was made in the letter, “Plants like Bawana, Pragati-I and GTPS which supply electricity to Delhi may be allotted APM gas. The power stations in Delhi should be supplied NAPM gas in adequate quantity.” The CM suggested, “The maximum rate of electricity sold in any slot through the exchange, at present Rs 20 per unit, may be suitably capped to discourage profiteering from the current crisis by traders and generators. ” “These measures are necessary to maintain continuous power supply in Delhi, which is essential for essential services like vaccination drive, cold chain for hospitals, health care centres, COVID care centres, etc. besides power supply to strategic and important installations of national importance. fulfilling.” India is facing a severe coal shortage, which will have a huge impact on power generation. Recently, this problem has started cropping up in the national capital as well and officials say that the city may witness intermittent load shedding in the coming days.