Current power crisis due to sharp fall in generation; not due to non-availability of domestic coal

In an interview to PTI, Coal Secretary A K Jain attributed the low coal stocks at power plants to several factors such as heightened power demand due to the boom in the economy post COVID-19, early arrival of summer, rise in the price of gas and imported coal and sharp fall in electricity generation by coastal thermal power plants.

from Energy-Industry-Economic Times https://ift.tt/vwFAYbr