May 13, 2012. Country's largest power producer NTPC may not be able to add at least 12,500 MW of generation capacity, if the coal supply issues are not resolved in the next couple of months, company said. Faced with non-availability of gas for its envisaged plants, the state-run power producer has already scaled down its target of having 70,000 MW generation capacity by the end of the current Plan period (2012-17) to 65,000 MW. With acute coal shortages hurting even the existing generation, NTPC might be forced to bring down the target to little over 50,000 MW for the current Plan period. The company has an installed generation capacity of 37,514 MW, including coal and gas-fired projects among others, which it had initially planned to raise to 70,000 MW by 2017. Current coal sector issues are hurting the company. To bridge the gap of fuel availability, NTPC may also import up to 14 million tonnes of coal in the current financial year.