OREANDA-NEWS. November 21, 2011. The recent breakdown of the No.8 generator at Fenyi Power Station, Jiangxi, may lead to an electricity shortage of 150,000 kilowatts from Pingxiang Power Grid this winter.

16 local industrial enterprises including Pingxiang Steel have suspended their manufacturing lines in turn to save the electricity for citizensбп daily use. In the last two months of the year, the electricity available for local industrial sectors will be declining further.

As of November 13, there were 2.90 million tons of thermal coal stocks at all the 13 power plants across the province, about 33 days of consumption. There would be a supply deficit of up to 250,000 kilowatts as the winter peak demand season approaches in the region.