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31 of 187 coal plants are running critically low on stock · as on 2026-08-17

Each thermal station's coal stock as a share of its normative requirement. Below 100% means less than the mandated buffer; the plants below are the most exposed to a supply slip.

  1. Nagai TPP IPP 0% — d
  2. TORANGALLU TPS(SBU-I) IPP 0% 0.0 d
  3. OPG Power Generation Private Limited IPP 3% 4.6 d
  4. TUTICORIN TPP ST-IV IPP 4% 0.9 d
  5. SASAN UMTPP IPP 6% 0.8 d
  6. DAMODARAM SANJEEVAIAH TPS Andhra Pradesh 7% 1.4 d
  7. ADANI POWER LIMITED UDUPI TPP IPP 9% 2.0 d
  8. TORANGALLU TPS(SBU-II) IPP 9% 2.0 d
  9. TUTICORIN (P) TPP IPP 10% 10.0 d
  10. NIWARI TPP IPP 12% 2.5 d
  11. ADANI POWER LIMITED MUNDRA TPP - III IPP 13% 2.7 d
  12. SIMHAPURI TPS IPP 13% 2.9 d
  13. YADADRI TPS Telangana 13% 2.8 d
  14. ADANI POWER LIMITED KAWAI TPP IPP 14% 9.3 d
  15. BUTIBORI TPP IPP 14% 2.8 d
  16. AMRAVATI TPS IPP 16% 3.4 d
  17. RAYALASEEMA TPS Andhra Pradesh 17% 3.6 d
  18. VIZAG TPP IPP 17% 3.5 d
  19. ADANI POWER LIMITED MUNDRA TPP - I & II IPP 18% 3.9 d
  20. ADANI POWER LIMITED TIRODA TPP IPP 18% 3.7 d

Bar = actual stock vs the plant's normative requirement · “d” = days of coal left at current burn.

Which plants are running hardest — and idlest

Plant load factor (PLF) — output as a share of capacity — measures utilisation, not fuel risk. A well-stocked plant can still sit idle if it isn't dispatched; capacity size ranks equally idle plants.

  1. Vedanta Ltd Chhattisgarh TPP IPP · 600 MW 0 % PLF
  2. AMARKANTAK EXT TPS Madhya Pradesh · 210 MW 0 % PLF
  3. Nagai TPP IPP · 150 MW 0 % PLF
  4. SEIONI TPP NTPC JV · 600 MW 7 % PLF
  5. TUTICORIN TPP ST-IV IPP · 525 MW 11 % PLF
  6. SIKKA REP. TPS Gujarat · 500 MW 11 % PLF
  7. BANDEL TPS West Bengal · 270 MW 14 % PLF
  8. YERMARUS TPP Karnataka · 1,600 MW 30 % PLF
  9. TORANGALLU TPS(SBU-II) IPP · 600 MW 31 % PLF
  10. NORTH CHENNAI TPS STAGE 3 Tamil Nadu · 800 MW 34 % PLF
  11. OBRA TPS Uttar Pradesh · 2,320 MW 35 % PLF
  12. SIMHAPURI TPS IPP · 600 MW 35 % PLF

Bar width = installed capacity, for scale.