India Invokes Emergency Rules to Avoid Blackouts This Summer
- Power plants running on imported coal told to run at capacity
- Ministry says peak demand to reach 229 gigawatts in April
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India is invoking an emergency rule that will force some of the country’s biggest coal power plants to operate at full capacity, as the nation prepares to meet surging electricity demand and avoid blackouts.
Power stations operating on imported coal will be asked to run flat out for three months during the summer season to ease the burden on domestic coal supplies, according to a Feb. 20 power ministry order seen by Bloomberg News.