To cope with peaking electricity demand during the summer months ahead, India’s Coal Ministry has directed State-run Coal India Limited (CIL) to ensure that each thermal power plant has assured stocks of 20 days on any given day. The Ministry has directed the coal miner to sustain the momentum of coal supplies, which has partially alleviated dry fuel shortages at thermal power plants across the country. At the end of last month, coal stocks at thermal power plants averaged 16 days’ worth of consumption.
