BIFPCL reacts to 抖阴精品 report
The Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited has sent a statement in reaction to the 抖阴精品 report published on March 29 titled 鈥楶ower plants exaggerate bills.鈥�...
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Govt should renegotiate power deals early to save economy
THE capacity charge, which the government pays independent and rental power plants when they sit idle as a guarantee of returns on investment coupled with profits, is set to reach Tk 380 billion in the 2025 financial year.聽 This is a 46 per cent, or Tk 120 billion, increase on the capacity charge of Tk 260 billion that the government paid the power producers in the...
Govt should, rather, improve efficiency and end corruption
PETROBANGLA鈥橲 proposal seeking an increase in gas prices supplied to industries and captive power plants by 152 per cent and 140 per cent respectively, which the government says is unpleasant and unavoidable, is worrying in that industrialists say that such a move would increase production cost that will eventually fall on consumers. Whilst the...
INDUSTRIAL, CAPTIVE GAS SUPPLY: Gas price hike of up to 152pc proposed
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is evaluating a Petrobangla鈥檚 proposal to increase by up to 152 per cent the price of gas supplied to industries and captive power plants...
Summit operating 13 out of 18 power plants
Summit Corporation Limited is now operating 15 power plants out of 18, said a press release on Thursday...
Arbitrary act gives rise to energy costs
Bangladesh paid over Tk 1 trillion in capacity charge to power plants during the 14 years of rule of the immediate-past and now ousted Awami League government until 2023...
Govt must do away with burden of power overcapacity
THE rental and quick rental power plants that have reared the ugly head since 2009 riding an indemnity law that the now deposed Awami League enacted to plunder the power and energy sector have now run to a constraining pass, warranting an immediate government action. While the law 鈥� the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010...
Call for scrapping rental power plants gets stronger
The immediate past Awami League government extended the lifetime of costly rental power plants three times their recommended efficient operational life, paying them around Tk 33,000 crore between 2009 and 2023...
Ukraine warns of outages after attack on power plants
Ukraine on Wednesday warned of possible power shutdowns across the country after a 鈥榤assive鈥� wave of Russian missiles and drones targeted the country鈥檚 battered energy system...