Heat, coal stocks and India’s power-demand surge
Quick dive
- India’s power demand rose 10% in 2026, the highest year-on-year increase in a decade, and peaked at 270.8 GW on May 21.
- The CEA classified 84 of 191 thermal power plants as critically low on coal stock as of September 30.
- The CEA threshold for critical stock is below 25% of normative inventory or less than three days of generation support.
- India recorded its hottest August since nationwide records began in 1901, with a mean temperature of 28.01°C against a normal 27.34°C.
- exam_relevance: links a precise CEA stock threshold and record demand to El Niño, hydro-power decline, cooling demand and India’s coal-dependent electricity mix, enabling data-based energy and climate questions.
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