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Coal stocks at power plants cross 13 mt level

December 31: With the increase in domestic coal production and improvement in despatches, coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) across India rose by almost 12.21% as on December 28 compared to that recorded on December 15, 2014, according to data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Coal stocks at the 100 TPS stood at 13.797 million tons (mt) on December 28, up from 12.296 mt recorded on December 15, 2014 whereas on December 1, coal stocks at the power plants stood even lower at 10.807 mt, data showed.

However, in terms of days, there were coal stocks for 9 days on December 28, for 8 days on December 15, and for 7 days on December 1, data revealed.

Stocks of imported and domestic coals stood at 1.840 mt and 11.957 mt, respectively on December 28 while imported and domestic coal stocks stood at 1.535 mt and 10.760 mt respectively on December 15.

On the other hand, stocks of imported and domestic coals stood at 1.209 mt and 9.598 mt, respectively December 1.

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

The number of plants facing critical coal stocks position of less than seven days stood at 40 on December 28 as compared to 43 plants facing a similar fate on December 15. On December 1, this stood at 49, as per data made available by CEA.

The number of plants facing a super-critical coal stocks scenario of less than four days stood at 18 on December 28 and at 27 both on December 15 and December 1.