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No steam coal imported by APGENCO in November

There were no imports of steam coal by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGENCO) in November, as per data available with ICMW.

The utility had imported 172,000 tons of coal in October.

The November import target for the utility was 250,000 tons set by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

It may be noted that there were no imports of steam coal by APGENCO in the four months preceding October, 2015-16, as the chart below indicates.
The utility had been given a target to import 2.00 mt coal in the first eight months of 2015-16, of which 8% was met at 0.162 mt. However, this figure was an 88% decline over 1.33 mt received during the same period in the previous fiscal.

There has been a bifurcation of APGENCO following creation of Telengana following which only two plants (Vijayawada and Royalseem) are left with APGENCO while three plants (Kothagudum, Ramagundam B and Kakatiya) have gone to Telengana State Generation Company (TSGENCO).

The following chart provides the monthly break-up of coal imports by APGENCO in 2015-16, 2014-15 and 2013-14 (provisional and in ‘000 tons):

Note: 2014-15 and 2013-14 figures are for combined utility (APGENCO and TSGENCO)