Synopsis The book will attract much attention both domestically and internationally. Given the current global context of rising petroleum prices, fast growing such countries, as India should develop alternative energy sources at a cheaper cost. Thermal power generation from Coal has been one of the low cost energy sources all around the world. Hence, the book will help to increase production and a necessary initiative for not India but also for its neighbouring countries. The authors had takes the enormous task of gathering relevant data and information from thermal utilities and other institutions in order to select light on the performance of the thermal power generation utilities in India. The book may find sound results and the performance of these thermal power utilities before and after the energy sectors reforms would be useful for policy makers as well as other interest parties. This book aims to policy makers for making electrifications of rural India 24 X 7 X 365 without power holiday!!!.