Norms for coal supply to thermal units eased...

THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY Authority has projected peak power demand to rise to 277 giga watts (GW) in the 2025-26, up 27 GW from the previous year.

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By 2029-30, the peak demand is seen to surge to 334 GW.

In 2024-25 the country has added 33 GW of additional power generation capacity, taking installed capacity to 475 GW.

"Coal linkage earmarked to states may be utilised by states in its own genco, independent power producers (IPPs) to be identified through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) or existing IPPs having power purchase agreement (PPA) under Section 62 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for setting up of a new expansion unit having PPA under Section 62," the government said.