The power-plant stock situation continued to deteriorate. Fifty-nine coal-fired plants were classified as critically low as of 9 September, up sharply from forty-five at the end of August and just thirty-one at the end of July, government-linked data shows.
The Central Electricity Authority treats a plant as critical when its stock falls below 25% of the normative requirement or covers less than three days of generation. Stocks at these stations fell from about 28.6 million tonnes on 1 September, equivalent to 49% of the normative level, to around 26.9 million tonnes by 5 September, or 46%.
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