6th August 2022
EP Report

The government paid Tk 16,785 crore in capacity charges to power plants in the first nine months of the last fiscal year for 22,118MW daily power generation capacity.

 

But the government had not been able to use more than 14,000MW a day during that period as the country's electricity demand was not higher than this.

 

As per the government's agreement with power plants, the government has to pay "capacity charges" based on the plant's capacity and establishment costs, regardless of whether the power is bought or produced.

 

The current demand for electricity ranges between 14,000MW and 14,500MW, but the government is producing 12,000-13,000MW, leading to ongoing power outages.

 

The government continues to pay for that unutilized power when austerity has been prescribed across all spheres to cope with rising inflation at home and abroad.

 

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the country's sole electricity buyer, paid Tk 18,977 crore to 101 power plants in 2020-21 and Tk 18,123 crore to 102 plants in 2019-20.

 

The BPDB submitted this data to the parliamentary standing committee on power, energy and mineral resources ministry in a meeting recently.


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