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Draft electricity policy: Power sector should create long-term coal requirement plan

The Central Electricity Authority has sought the comments of licensees, generating companies and the public to the first volume of the draft plan

The draft National Electricity Plan proposes that the power sector should prepare a long-term plan providing an estimate of its coal consumption requirements and inform the Coal Ministry, Railways and Ports of the same

The National Electricity Plan, which is prepared by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) every five years, provides a short-term and long-term demand forecast related to fuel, power consumption, etc.