India has invoked an emergency provision to order its idling gas-fired power stations to operate during the summer, as electricity demand starts to rise.
The order will be valid for the two months ending June 30, part of measures to prepare for the “ensuing high demand period,” the power ministry said in a statement Saturday. India’s gas-fired power capacity of almost 25 gigawatts has been underutilized for years, unable to compete in a price-competitive energy market. Some plants are in a state of decay due to prolonged idling.
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