Summer Heat to Drive Power Demand, Electric Cookware Use; Government Confirms 3-Month Coal Supply

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Summer Power Spike: Govt Assures 3 Months Coal Stock, Urges Electric Cookware Use

**EDS: FILE IMAGE** East Jaintia Hills: At least 18 miners were killed in a blast, and several others feared trapped in an illegal coal mining site in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Heaps of freshly mined coal lying near a coke factory in Dkhiah, few kilometres away from the coal mine where five miners were trapped after a dynamite blast flooded the pit, in East Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, in this file photo, June 2, 2021. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_05_2026_000451B) *** Local Caption ***

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CNBC TV18•11-03-2026, 18:39

Summer Power Spike: Govt Assures 3 Months Coal Stock, Urges Electric Cookware Use

•Coal Ministry confirms 210 MT stock, sufficient for 88 days, amid expected summer power demand surge.
•Demand rise anticipated due to summer heat and increased electric cookware use, partly due to cooking gas shortages.
•India's coal production and supply exceed consumption, with 156.58 MT stock at mineheads/transit, a first-time high.
•Renewable energy capacity grew to 200 GW by 2025, but thermal power's Plant Load Factor (PLF) remains significantly higher.
•Peak power demand projected to hit 335 GW by FY 2030, driven by industrialization, EVs, and data centers.

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