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Import coal for blending by June 15 or face 5% domestic supply cuts: Power ministry to Gencos

Power minister R K Singh has also separately written to chief ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal for delaying the process of coal imports

Published on May 19, 2022 12:36 AM IST

BySweta Goswami

New Delhi: The Union power ministry has warned of cutting domestic coal supply by 5% to generating companies (gencos) if they do not import coal for blending by June 15.

Power minister R K Singh has also separately written to chief ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal for delaying the process of coal imports.

In a letter to all gencos and state secretaries/principal secretaries on Tuesday, the ministry said “not much blending has taken place in the months of April and May this year”. It further directed them to place all orders for imported coal by May 31 following which imported coal should start arriving from June 15.

“If blending with domestic coal is not started by June 15, then the domestic allocation of the concerned defaulter thermal power plants will be further reduced by 5%. Accordingly, revised allocation of domestic coal for the month of July, 2022 onwards will be conveyed based on this methodology,” the letter said.