Recently in a written reply to Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, Shripad Naik has informed that there is adequate availability of power in the country. Present installed generation capacity of the country is 524 GW (as on February, 2026). India has addressed the critical issue of power deficiency by adding 299.87 GW of fresh generation capacity since April, 2014 transforming the country from power deficit to power sufficient.
During high demand summer months, there is a contribution of about 10 GW gas-based power (non-solar hours). Presently, there are challenges in respect of availability and price volatility of ‘Natural Gas’ due to the Middle East crisis. However, the Generators are exploring alternative sources.
Despite the Middle East crisis, the system is adequately positioned to meet summer demand with other alternate sources i.e., coal-based Generation, Renewables Energy and Energy Storage System compensating for reduced gas-based generation.
