Britain's power crisis: Things are getting worse. UK residents will see an 80% increase in their annual household energy bills, the country's energy regulator announced Friday, following a record 54% spike in April.
The notification aims at saving power and energy against the backdrop of worldwide continued price hike in power and energy price.
The data compiled from official sources suggest that the coal power plants are in no position to address even a minor spike in the power demand and there is a need to plan for coal transportation well in advance.
The Central government had allocated three Chhattisgarh-based coal mines to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited.
In a letter shot off to the Delhi power minister, Union Power Minister R K Singh has expressed displeasure at the Delhi government misleading the public, a source said.
Coal accounts for nearly 75% of India's power output. But with the shortage of coal, the power crisis is inevitable. There are other factors that add as well.
With large parts of the country facing long power cuts, the opposition Congress had said on Friday the central government's misgovernance and mismanagement led to this "artificial" crisis in the scorching summer.
Jharkhand, Haryana, Bihar, Punjab, and Maharashtra are among the states seeing power outages. Delhi has also written to the Centre over the possibility of power cuts to important establishments.
The cancellation of passenger trains will facilitate putting a total of 533 coal rakes on duty.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since the country gained independence in 1948.
Amit Shah on Apr 19 had chaired a meeting with Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi & Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to assess the situation following reports of coal shortage reported by many states.
Global thermal coal prices have remained elevated as a fallout of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which disrupted trade flows and crippled supply amid additional demand from Europe, which has now sanctioned Russian coal.
This is the first time since the bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh that the state has been forced to declare a power holiday.
Lahore Electricity Supply Company Limited (LESCO) is facing a shortage of 1000mw as the demand is 4,100mw and the available power is 3,100mw. Currently, 610mw Engro Power Plant in Thar, Port Qasim's power plant with a capacity of 310 is closed.
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport, a state undertaking, distributes power in the island city and depends on producers like the Tata Power.
In the past few days, many Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long queues in the capital of Colombo and its suburbs to obtain fuel for their motorbikes and vehicles. Some fuel stations remained closed as they have not received new supplies.
The strike has been called off by the protesting employees and they will resume duties on Tuesday. 80 per cent of power supply restoration have been done.
The latest figures indicate that the coal shortage situation is improving slowly.
On October 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation in a meeting conducted with senior officials of the coal and power ministries.
Gehlot also shared a govt ad on his Twitter handle which said that China, UK and European countries, India and the state are simultaneously facing the coal crisis.
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