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Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants slightly up in Dec

December 31: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India rose slightly in December 2013 compared to that in the previous month, according to data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Coal stocks at the 100 TPS stood at 16.301 million tons (mt) on December 26, up from 16.047 mt recorded a month ago, on November 26, at 98 TPS, the data showed.

In terms of days, coal stocks were marginally up to 12 days as on December 26, against 11 days as on November 26.

Incidentally, the stocks of coal at the 100 power plants monitored by the CEA stood at 15.88 tons on December 15 which had moved up on December 26.

The stocks of imported and domestic coal stood at 1.438 mt and 14.863 mt on December 26 against 0.745 mt and 15.303 mt on November 26 respectively.

The change in the overall coal stocks situation also affected the number of plants facing a critical coal stock situation of less than four days, the CEA data revealed.

The number of plants facing a critical coal stocks position of less than seven days stood at 32 on December 26 compared to 31 plants facing a similar fate on December 15, while this number also stood at 31 on November 26.

However, the number of plants facing a super-critical coal stocks scenario of less than four days stood at 18 plants as on December 26, at 18 on December 15, while 22 plants faced a situation on November 26.