WBPDCL starts sale of surplus coal to NTPC

The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), under which they have now started to supply their surplus coal to NTPC on Friday (September 18, 2026).

This comes after the WBPDCL has already met their own coal needs, became self-reliant, and then had surplus.

The Corporation was once dependent on the Coal India Limited for its coal supply, but in the last five years has become self-reliant. The Corporation said in an official statement that since 2024-25, they have not taken any coal supplies from the CIL and source everything from the WBPDCL captive mines, which were allotted to them in 2019-20.