Cabinet body approves electricity procurement from North West Power
According to officials, the committee approved a proposal from the Power Division for purchasing electricity from the 225MW Sirajganj Combined Cycle Power Plant (Unit-2) established by North West Power.
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase yesterday (7 May) approved two separate proposals for purchasing electricity from power plants operated by the North West Power Generation Company Limited under revised levelised tariff rates.
The approvals came at a meeting of the committee held at the Secretariat with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.
According to officials, the committee approved a proposal from the Power Division for purchasing electricity from the 225MW Sirajganj Combined Cycle Power Plant (Unit-2) established by North West Power.
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Under the proposal, the revised levelized tariff charge has been fixed at US Cents 4.513 per kilowatt-hour, equivalent to Tk5.541 per kWh, while another tariff component has been set at US Cents 19.298 per kWh, equivalent to Tk23.698 per kWh at the current market rate.
The committee also approved another proposal for purchasing electricity from the 410MW Bheramara Combined Cycle Power Plant operated by the same company.
For the Bheramara plant, the revised levelized tariff charge has been set at US Cents 3.7869 per kWh, equivalent to Tk4.6503 per kWh. Another tariff component has been fixed at US Cents 16.8540 per kWh, equivalent to Tk20.6967 per kWh at the prevailing market rate.
Officials said both proposals were placed by the Power Division, and the committee recommended them for final approval.
