The government has approved the revised policy guideline allowing captive power producers to sell their surplus electricity to other users.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the revised policy guidelines for power purchase from captive power plant (CPP)-2007 in March last.
According to the revised guidelines, captive power producers which have capacity to generate minimum 20 megawatt of electricity will be allowed to sell their surplus power to bulk users, especially to the power development board, said officials concerned.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the revised policy guidelines for power purchase from captive power plant-2007 allowing the captive power generators to sell excess electricity after meeting their own demands.
Now, a series of capital incentive mega industrial units are producing 50MW-100MW of electricity for their own purposes besides getting electricity from the national grid.
