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Thermal plants with a capacity of 37,700 MW are left with coal stocks enough to generate power for barely 1-5 days because of higher demand for electricity. These power stations are not being regarded as plants with “critical” stocks because Coal India has supplied almost their full quota. There are a few plants which have received more than their contracted quantity for the period. Plants are marked critical when Coal India or the railways have issues in sending coal to these plants. They receive special attention from the government, which tries to send additional quantities to these plants to replenish stock positions.
According to fuel supply agreements, a set of plants are to receive at least 90% of their annual contracted quantity and the rest would receive 75% of the contracted quantity. Almost all plants with low stocks have received between 63% and124% of their annual contracted quantities.
