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Indian States Seek Extra Power to Avoid Outages as Nighttime Supply Tightens, Officials Say
Officials said 560 million kilowatt-hours of shortages in September exposed limits in coal supply, hydropower output and battery storage after sunset.
- Several Indian states, including Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Union Territory Delhi, are seeking additional electricity allocations from India to prevent outages as nighttime supplies tighten.
- Weak hydropower generation, maintenance at Coal-fired plants, and high industrial demand have reduced electricity availability, with nearly 41 GW of power capacity currently offline according to Grid India.
- About 47% of Coal-fired plants face critical fuel levels, while India typically manages 14 to 15 gigawatts for redistribution; Punjab suffered outages of up to 14 hours per day in September.
- India's power shortages surged to 560 million kilowatt-hours in September, the highest since August 2023, while Rupesh Sankhe, a research analyst at Elara Securities, attributed the crisis to inadequate state planning.
- The Ministry is pushing Clean-energy producers to accelerate battery storage integration to shift surplus daytime solar generation to evening hours, addressing insufficient storage that currently limits meeting demand after sunset.
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