印度电力部一位高级官员周四表示，印度电厂的煤炭供应预计将很快恢复正常，并补充称该国目前每天向电厂供应创纪录的260万吨煤炭。
据印度中央电力管理局数据，截至10月19日，煤炭库存处于严重不足水平（仅够发电不足三天）的电厂数量已从9月中旬的60座增至96座。
这位官员称，由于矿区零星降雨扰乱了运输，印度增加了向包括最大发电商NTPC（NTPC.NS）在内的电厂的煤炭供应。
该官员表示，受厄尔尼诺天气模式影响降雨，水电利用率下降正给燃煤电厂带来额外压力。
Coal supply to Indian power plants is expected to normalise soon, a senior power ministry official said on Thursday, adding that the country is supplying a record 2.6 million tons of coal to power plants every day.
由于天气更热和工业产出增加，日峰值用电需求较去年同期增加了约450亿至500亿瓦。
联邦电力部已向印度第一工业大邦古吉拉特邦分配了额外电力，该官员称该邦不存在电力或煤炭短缺。
路透社周三报道，古吉拉特邦已要求工厂在晚间时段限制用电，以因应需求激增避免电力短缺。古吉拉特邦当局拒绝就该报道置评。
By Sethuraman N R The comments come as the number of power plants with critically low coal stocks — enough fuel to generate power for less than three days — rose to 96 as of October 19 from 60 in mid-September, according to data from the Central Electricity Authority India increased coal supply to plants, including top power generator NTPC (NTPC.NS), after scattered rains in mining areas disrupted deliveries Reduced hydropower use is adding pressure on coal-fired plants as the El Niño weather pattern has affected rainfall, the official said Daily peak electricity demand has risen by about 45 to 50 gigawatts from a year earlier, driven by hotter weather and higher industrial production The federal power ministry has allocated additional power to Gujarat, India's top industrial state, and there is no power or coal shortage in the state, the official said Reuters reported on Wednesday that Gujarat has asked factories to curb electricity use during evening hours to avoid power shortages due to surging demand Gujarat state authorities declined to comment on the report