143 firms get BERC licence to produce 797MW power

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has issued licence to 143 companies since January to generate 797 MW of power, State Minister for Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Mohammad Enamul Haque told the House Thursday.

He said the government has massive plans to generate 3,462 MW power by 2014 while to overcome power crisis by 2011.

According to his statistics, two companies obtained licences as Independent Power Producer (IPP) to generate 40 MW and 50 MW of electricity while three others as Rental Power Plant (RPP) to generate 86 MW, 50 MW and 51 MW.

Besides, the rest of the companies as Captive Power Producer (CPP) will generate a total of 520 MW of power.

The state minister also said a total of 2,280 kilometre of electric network would be set up under 24 palli biddyut samities in the current fiscal year.