India's power shortages surged to more than a three-year high in September, despite coal-fired plants operating at higher capacity for a sixth straight month to meet surging demand due to an El Nino weather pattern and industrial activity, government data showed.
India's power shortages rose to 560 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in September, the highest since August 2023, according to Reuters calculations of daily data from the regulator, Grid-India.