India, Jan. 7 -- India's electricity system has moved decisively beyond chronic shortages into a more complex phase of managing utilisation, grid stress and industrial self-generation, as rapid renewable energy growth reshapes-but does not yet replace-coal's central role, according to the Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) All India Electricity Statistics-General Review 2025 report.

India's installed electricity generation capacity rose to 441.97 gigawatt (GW) as of March 2024, while total power generation crossed 1,734 billion unit (BU), signalling a structural shift in the country's power mix led by clean energy expansion.

Renewables surge, utilisation gap widens

Renewable energy sources, excluding large hydro, accounted for 143.6...