Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has spent more than Rs 330 Crore to buy electricity from the open market to bridge the supply gap in demand caused by coal shortages.
Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Tuesday said the state faced a shortage of 3,500-4,000 MW of electricity, and blamed the “management error and lack of planning” in the Central Coal Central PSU Section Ltd.
for it.
At present, the state requires 17,500-18,000 MW of electricity, and with heat in October that soaring, their needs can increase up to 20,000 MW.
Officials say state-owned power plants have a maximum inventory of two days and the possibility of the government may have to be able to enter load shedding in some areas if the supply is unstable.