(ET)
Nearly a third of the country’s installed coal-fired plants are reeling under fuel shortage, sparking a blame game between power producers and state-run miner Coal India Ltd.
An unprecedented 75,097-MW power plants are operating with coal stock of less than seven days, shows data available with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). The country has installed coal-based generation of 209 GW, of which 167 GW is monitored by the CEA.
