Liability amid resource giving electricity (8)
I believe the answer is:
colossal
'liability amid resource giving electricity' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'liability amid resource giving' is the wordplay.
'liability' becomes 'loss' (loss is a kind of liability).
'amid' indicates putting letters inside.
'resource giving' becomes 'coal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'loss' inserted inside 'coal' is 'COLOSSAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colossal that I've seen before include "So locals may be huge" , "Gargantuan" , "Mammoth" , "Massive" , "Very big" .)