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13 power plants shut due to coal shortage, MSEDCL asks customers to use power sparingly

Coal shortages across the country have led 13 thermal power plant units supplying power to Maharashtra State Electricity Regulatory Commission (MSEDCL) to temporarily shut down, prompting the state power utility to ask consumers to sparingly use electricity from 6 am to 10 am and from 6 pm to 10 pm to balance the demand and supply.

Vijay Singhal, Chairman and Managing Director of MSEDCL, has said that the power utility is purchasing electricity at a high cost of Rs 20 per unit so that citizens are not inconvenienced. “For the next 10 days or so the situation is comfortable as we expect the coal situation to ease,” Singhal said.