United News of Bangladesh

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase on Thursday approved  two separate proposals for purchasing electricity from power plants operated by the North West Power Generation Company Limited(NWPGCL) under revised levelized 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 225 MW Sirajganj Combined Cycle Power Plant (Unit-2) established by NWPGCL. Under the proposal, the revised levelized tariff charge has been fixed at US Cents 4.513 per kilowatt-hour, equivalent to Tk 5.541 per kWh, while another tariff component has been set at US Cents 19.298 per kWh, equivalent to Tk 23.698 per kWh at the current market rate. The committee also approved another proposal for purchasing electricity from the 410 MW 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 Tk 4.6503 per kWh. Another tariff component has been fixed at US Cents 16.8540 per kWh, equivalent to Tk 20.6967 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.