The government is likely to extend three agreements with a British rental power company named M/S Aggreko allowing it to continue operation for one to three years in Brahmanbaria, Ashuganj and Ghorashal units.
Besides, it is going to increase time duration of 50 MW rental power plant Energy Prime Ltd in Fenchuganj for three more years.
All the four proposals of the Power Division will be placed before the cabinet committee on public purchase today, which will be chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
According to an official of Power Division, though the country will require at least 24,000MW electricity by 2021 to implement the government’s Power System Master Plan (PSMP) 2010, it will have to wait until 2018 to implement the coal-based Load Power Plants in the country.
Against this backdrop, the government has decided in principle to extend the agreements with rental or quick rental power plants for the next three to five years.
According to the Power Division proposal, the tenure of UK-based M/S Aggreko International Power Limited will be extended by one year, which owns two rental gas-fired power projects, having capacity to generate 180MW of electricity jointly to supply at the national grid at a cost of Tk3.27 per unit.
The leveled tariff of 145 MW gas-fired rental power plants in B’baria for the next three years would be Tk3.27 for each kilowatt-per-hour from the existing Tk4.80 kilowatt-per-hour. The rate would be effective from February 28 this year, according to the proposal.
Furthermore, the government is also set to re-fix the price per unit of electricity from the plant of Energy Prime Ltd at Tk3.27 per unit from its earlier rate of Tk4.75 in the fresh tenure.
