New Delhi: Showing marginal improvement in the supply situation across the country amid the coal shortage crisis, electricity consumption declined by nearly 2 per cent or 72 million units (MU) to 3,828 MU on Saturday from 3,900 MU on Friday. figures.
According to the data, the electricity consumption of 3,900 MU on Friday or 8 October was the highest so far this month (from 1 to 9 October), which became a cause of concern even in the midst of the ongoing coal crisis in the country.
On Saturday, Tata power arm Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (DDL), which operates in North and North West Delhi, had sent a phone message to its consumers saying, “Due to limited coal availability at generating plants across the North, power The supply scenario is between 2. Severe level at 6 pm. Please use electricity judiciously. Be a responsible citizen. Sorry for the inconvenience – Tata Power-DDL.”
This was the result of a coal shortage at power plants in a year when the country produced record coal, but the rains affected the movement of fuel from the mines to power generation units, leading to several states including Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and power generation was affected. Tamil Nadu.
Another factor that has contributed to the current crisis is that power plants that use imported coal to generate electricity have either reduced production or shut down entirely as international energy prices soar. has made it difficult for them to meet the commitments of the states at a particular rate. .
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Power had said, “It is noted that the total dispatch of coal by Coal India Limited (CIL) reached 1.501 MT as on October 7, 2021, thereby reducing the gap between consumption and actual supply.” decreased.
Ministry of Coal and CIL have assured that they are making best efforts to increase the dispatch to the power sector to 1.6 MT per day in the next three days and touching 1.7 MT per day thereafter. This is likely to help in the gradual creation of coal reserves in power plants in the near future. The coal supply as well as power situation is likely to improve.”
As per the data, on October 8 the maximum power demand was met or the highest power supply touched 172.41GW in the day. This is the highest demand for electricity from October 1 to 9.
The data also showed that peak power demand slowed to 170.03GW on Saturday, 9 October, indicating that electricity demand is decreasing with the onset of autumn.
The latest available data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed that as on October 7, 2021, coal stocks in power plants were not sufficient as there were 16 plants with a cumulative capacity of 16,880 MW with dry fuel for zero days.
In addition, 30 plants with 37,345 MW capacity had coal for just one day and 18 plants with 23,450 MW capacity had coal for two days till October 7, 2021.
There were 19 plants with a capacity of 29,160 MW with coal for three days and nine plants with a capacity of 7,864 MW with coal for four days. Six plants with 6,730MW capacity had coal reserves for five days while 10 plants with 11,540MW capacity had coal for six days.
While one plant with a capacity of 2,270 MW had coal for seven days, the second power plant with a capacity of 920 MW had coal for eight days.
The coal stock data for October 7, 2021 also revealed that there were 69 non-pithead plants that had coal stocks for less than four days and were classified as supercritical stocks. In addition, there were 23 plants that had coal for less than seven days and were classified as critical stock.
CEA oversees 135 coal-fired thermal power plants with a cumulative capacity of over 165GW.
According to the data, the electricity consumption of 3,900 MU on Friday or 8 October was the highest so far this month (from 1 to 9 October), which became a cause of concern even in the midst of the ongoing coal crisis in the country.
On Saturday, Tata power arm Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (DDL), which operates in North and North West Delhi, had sent a phone message to its consumers saying, “Due to limited coal availability at generating plants across the North, power The supply scenario is between 2. Severe level at 6 pm. Please use electricity judiciously. Be a responsible citizen. Sorry for the inconvenience – Tata Power-DDL.”
This was the result of a coal shortage at power plants in a year when the country produced record coal, but the rains affected the movement of fuel from the mines to power generation units, leading to several states including Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and power generation was affected. Tamil Nadu.
Another factor that has contributed to the current crisis is that power plants that use imported coal to generate electricity have either reduced production or shut down entirely as international energy prices soar. has made it difficult for them to meet the commitments of the states at a particular rate. .
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of Power had said, “It is noted that the total dispatch of coal by Coal India Limited (CIL) reached 1.501 MT as on October 7, 2021, thereby reducing the gap between consumption and actual supply.” decreased.
Ministry of Coal and CIL have assured that they are making best efforts to increase the dispatch to the power sector to 1.6 MT per day in the next three days and touching 1.7 MT per day thereafter. This is likely to help in the gradual creation of coal reserves in power plants in the near future. The coal supply as well as power situation is likely to improve.”
As per the data, on October 8 the maximum power demand was met or the highest power supply touched 172.41GW in the day. This is the highest demand for electricity from October 1 to 9.
The data also showed that peak power demand slowed to 170.03GW on Saturday, 9 October, indicating that electricity demand is decreasing with the onset of autumn.
The latest available data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) showed that as on October 7, 2021, coal stocks in power plants were not sufficient as there were 16 plants with a cumulative capacity of 16,880 MW with dry fuel for zero days.
In addition, 30 plants with 37,345 MW capacity had coal for just one day and 18 plants with 23,450 MW capacity had coal for two days till October 7, 2021.
There were 19 plants with a capacity of 29,160 MW with coal for three days and nine plants with a capacity of 7,864 MW with coal for four days. Six plants with 6,730MW capacity had coal reserves for five days while 10 plants with 11,540MW capacity had coal for six days.
While one plant with a capacity of 2,270 MW had coal for seven days, the second power plant with a capacity of 920 MW had coal for eight days.
The coal stock data for October 7, 2021 also revealed that there were 69 non-pithead plants that had coal stocks for less than four days and were classified as supercritical stocks. In addition, there were 23 plants that had coal for less than seven days and were classified as critical stock.
CEA oversees 135 coal-fired thermal power plants with a cumulative capacity of over 165GW.
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