India, Oct. 30 -- On September 25, the Union Ministry of Power directed all of India's 112 captive coal-based generating stations with installed capacity of 50 MW and above to operate at their maximum capacity from October 1 to December 31. The move reflects concerns about meeting electricity requirement in the post-monsoon months, when the demand is typically low.

India's electricity demand is showing a shift in its seasonal pattern, with September emerging as a month of near-summer peak demand. According to real-time data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), National Power Portal (NPP) and the Grid Controller of India, power consumption in September 2026 was 11.3 per cent higher than that in Sep-tember 2025, reaching 162 billi...