Non-payment led supply curtailments by coal companies in August and September has been one of the main reasons for low coal stock positions in states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, many of these states are reporting load shedding as many projects are under outage due to lack of coal, a senior government official said.
Total dues to coal companies from states stood at ₹15,000 crore as on October 6, as against ₹16,000 crore on September 30. Of this, dues by state power generation companies were at ₹10,500 crore and central undertakings at ₹4,500 crore.
However, currently coal companies are not regulating supplies to the state-run power generating stations as low coal stocks triggered a power crisis in the country.
