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Power Min allows gencos to charge compensatory tariff for importing coal

Power plants constructed had asked the power ministry for pass through of the cost they are incurring due to costlier imported coal cost to the consumers

Govt cuts June domestic coal supply targets to utilities by 11.1%

The power ministry said lower imports were putting pressure on domestic coal supply and resulting in depletion of fuel inventories of power plants

Power crisis: Import coal, revive stressed power plants, says Centre

The ministry of power has asked government and private sector utilities to import 19 million tonnes of coal by the end of June

CIL's priority is to ensure power plants are well-stocked with coal: CMD

Public sector miner Coal India has asked its employees to step up efforts and breach the production and offtake target of 700 million tonnes for FY23.

NTPC could build new coal-fired power plants if needed, says chairman

India's top power producer NTPC Ltd could build new coal-fired power plants if needed, the state-run company's Chairman Gurdeep Singh said on Friday.

Rising prices of coal to weigh on steel companies' September qtr earnings

While the YoY show is expected to be stellar on low base and high realisations, QoQ profit growth is estimated to be weak for most players

Energy crisis: China goes for 'boldest' power pricing reform in decades

Pushing all industrial and commercial users to the power exchanges and allowing prices to be set by the market may encourage loss-making generators to increase output

Lebanon: Two power plants partially operational after power outage

The electricity grid in Lebanon was partially operational on Sunday after a complete power outage on Saturday.Production was made possible again thanks to the delivery of diesel provided by the army, the Lebanese Ministry of Energy announced, news agencies said.As stated, the army delivered 6,000 kiloliters of diesel, equally distributing fuel to the Deir Amar and Zahrani power plants.

'Switch off': Coal supply crisis has discoms scrambling for solutions

Some plead Centre for more coal, others ask consumers to save electricity

Ample coal stocks for power plants; no blackout risk, says govt

States continue to flock spot market, prices at record high

Coal shortage: India to facilitate gas supply to run two utilities in Delhi

India's oil ministry will facilitate gas supplies to enable two power plants in Delhi to operate, the federal power ministry said on Saturday

Kerala stares at rising power purchase cost, asks consumers to clear bills

The state buys most of its electricity from others; launches a campaign asking people to save electricity.

Tamil Nadu coal stocks may run out in 4 days; Chennai faces power cuts

Chief ministers of Delhi, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh ring up coal and power ministries, fearing a power crisis

Coal crunch: 64 non-pithead plants left with less than 4 days of stocks

Ahead of the festival season, the coal supply crisis seems to be deepening as 64 non-pithead power plants are left with less than four days of the dry fuel stocks

China orders banks to ramp up funding to boost coal, electricity output

Banks and other financial institutions should prioritize lending to qualified mines and power plants so they can increase thermal coal and electricity output

China energy crunch triggers alarm, pleas for ramping up coal imports

Cities such as Shenyang and Dalian - home to more than 13 million people - have been affected, with disruption at factories owned by suppliers to global companies like Apple and Tesla

Govt asks power plants to auction fly ash through transparent bidding

Ministry of Power on Wednesday issued an advisory to power plants to auction fly ash through a transparent bidding process

Sluggish power demand may pose problem for new power plants in Bengal

As the demand for power in West Bengal is not growing as per projection, it may pose problems for the sector once under construction plants become operational, a senior official said on Wednesday

Supply to power plants carrying stock of 0-6 days prioritised: Coal India

State-owned CIL on Thursday said it has launched a multi-pronged effort to help build up coal stocks at power plants

Tata, Adani plants may get to sell on power exchanges amid coal crisis

The ministry is pursuing these five states to allow the two units to sell in the spot market on the power exchanges