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11. Plant load factor (coal & lignite based plants
PLANT LOAD FACTOR OF COAL & LIGNITE BASED PLANTS FY 2009-10 to 2021-22
Year PLF
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Sector-wise PLF (%)
% Central State Private 2009-10 77.5 85.5 70.9 83.9 2010-11 75.1 85.1 66.7 80.7 2011-12 73.3 82.1 68 69.5 2012-13 69.9 79.2 65.6 64.1 2013-14 65.6 76.1 59.1 62.1 2014-15 64.46 73.96 59.83 60.58 2015-16 62.29 72.52 55.41 60.49 2016-17 59.88 71.98 54.35 55.73 2017-18 60.67 72.35 56.83 55.32 2018-19 61.07 72.64 57.81 55.24 2019-20 55.99 64.21 50.24 54.64 2020-21 53.37 61.78 44.68 54.27 2021-22 58.87 69.71 54.5 53.62
*Source CEA
350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
PLF in the country from 2009-10 to 2021-22
PLF % Overall PLF % Central PLF % State PLF % Private
Overall PLF% has come down from the level of 77.5% in the year 2009 to 58.9% in the year 2021-22.
The reason behind this average low PLF is primarily because of gradual increase of installed capacity of the thermal power plants and poor capacity utilization.
