Power outage [load-shedding] back across country

[idune]

Power Outage [load-shedding] back across country
Businesses bear brunt, want quick remedy
FE Report

With the gradual rise in mercury frequent power outages have become rampant over the past several days, affecting both urban and rural people across the country.

Backup power systems in industries, offices and houses, like - instant power supply (IPS) and uninterrupted power system (UPS), are also failing to provide electricity in absence of enough electricity supply from the national grid. It is happening, as those equipment are not getting required electricity to charge up batteries, consumers alleged.

Saturday's overall electricity generation across the country was around 8,244 megawatts (MW) against the accumulated installed capacity of 13,179 MW of all power plants, according to the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) statistics.

Technical glitches accounted for around 1,965 MW of electricity load-shedding, while gas supply constraints accounted for around 776 MW, BPDB showed.

According to the official data of BPDB posted on its website, there was, however, no load-shedding of electricity on Saturday.

Businesses are bearing the brunt of the frequent load-shedding, as their industrial output is being severely hampered.

President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) urged the government to build necessary distribution and transmission infrastructure as soon as possible to distribute electricity in line with the production capacity.

"The country has sufficient power production. But the problem is we don't have ample distribution networks that are consistent with the generation capacity. The government took initiatives in this regard, and I hope the problem will be solved very soon," he added.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md Siddiqur Rahman said low power generation against increased consumption in the summer raises readymade garments (RMG) production cost.

He said many RMG manufacturers in the country have resorted to diesel-run power generators, while power cuts have added to their woes.

"Factories located in Ashulia, Savar, Gazipur, Rupganj and Narayanganj are suffering at least four hours of power cut daily."

Seeking policy support from the government, the BGMEA president said the country's clothing industry is focusing on employment generation and achieving $ 50 billion export target by 2021.
"If power generation does not meet the industry demand, it will be impossible to attain the target," he further said.

Mohiuddin Mahmud Mahin, president of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association (BFLLFEA) said they sat with the electricity department officials for ensuring continuous power generation in Savar tannery estate.

"The authority promised us that there will be no load-shedding in the estate. We will see few more days. If the load-shedding continues, we will meet the government high-ups again," he added.

The city dwellers alleged that they are suffering load-shedding sometimes for several hours at a stretch.

People residing in Mirpur, Shewrapara, Kazipara, Khilgaon, Goran, Jatrabari, Dania, Matuail and Demra areas are the worst affected of the electricity outages, alleged some residents.

"Our area was load-shedding free one month ago. But now we are experiencing several hours of power outages in a day," said a resident of Mirpur.

The frequent load-shedding is posing a threat to the government's commitment of keeping 'iftar, tarabi and sehri' timings load-shedding-free in the ensuing Ramadan.

When contacted, BPDB's public relations director Saiful Hasan Chowdhury, however, opined that the electricity supply situation would improve within the next couple of days.

He said some big power plants, including the newly-installed Summit's Bibiyana-II 341-MW power plant, are under maintenance.

He said electricity supply to the extent of around 300-350 MW is being hampered in some northern districts due to damage of the 230 KV (kilo volt) power transmission tower at Bhairab in early this month.

A senior official of state-owned Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) said the ever-increasing load sanctions in industries, commercial entities and households are creating extra pressure on the age-old transmission systems, resulting in electricity supply failure.

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/05/22/71161/Power-load-shedding-back-across-country

 

[Banglar Bir]

In rural areas the problem is acute, in 24 hours power is hardly supplied for 2 hours , even the mobiles telephones just cannot be charged. What now are cheerleaders justifications?

In the first place, before purchasing power from these quick rental power plants, at an exorbitant rate, why weren't the proper transmission grids/lines ensured?
Everyone is aware that once Electricity is generated, and if not consumed, the generated current have to be earthed, what a waste.

Then why are the Public made to suffer and then again being billed for the gross inefficiency/neglect and lack of foresight on part of the government?
Start pondering and the answer will be revealed.

 

[EastBengalPro]

In rural areas the problem is acute, in 24 hours power is hardly supplied for 2 hours , even the mobiles telephones just cannot be charged. What now are cheerleaders justifications?

AGREE But I hope this is temporary If you compare current situation with previous years!

Still far far better than BNP-Jamat period.

 

[Banglar Bir]

AGREE But I hope this is temporary If you compare current situation with previous years!

Still far far better than BNP-Jamat period.

Kindly read my edited post once again and respond.

 

[idune]

In rural areas the problem is acute, in 24 hours power is hardly supplied for 2 hours , even the mobiles telephones just cannot be charged. What now are cheerleaders justifications?

1/3 of tax revenue of Bangladesh looted by Awami League. Electricity price increased 12 times and now awami league can not even provide electricity. All these awami leaders and their cheer leaders property should be liquidated.

Where has all the electricity gone?
M. A. Taslim
In order to make the rental plants sufficiently lucrative to the private players, the government had to provide sovereign guarantees regarding prices at which fuel oil would be supplied to the plant operators, and electricity would be purchased by the government. Since very large gaps have emerged between the guaranteed prices and the prices paid or received by the government, the rental plants have to be provided with enormous amounts in subsidies. It is estimated that during the current fiscal year subsidy payments to the rental power plants might exceed Tk320 billion, i.e. about one-third of the total tax revenue of the government.

This enormous subsidy requirement has put the government finances in a quandary, which has been further intensified by the drying up of expected foreign funds due to difficulties on the foreign policy front. The government was forced to take the unprecedented step to shift part of the current subsidy to the next budget. This may open up a new door to further mismanagement of the economy.


Much hope was pinned on the government's resolve to quickly overcome power shortages. However, within three years the hopes have transmuted into frustration. In attempting to solve a nagging problem, the government seems to have created several more. The hapless people will be forced to bear the consequences of the blunder of their government; they have reasons to be angry.

(The writer is Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka.)

http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/more.php?news_id=125664&date=2012-04-05

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More rental plants on cards despite fuel crisis
It looks like an insensitive decision; former adviser of the caretaker government Dr Mirza Azizul Islam said about the move pointing to the macroeconomic destabilization that may be arising out of the soaring import bills for oil in one hand and the surging subsidies on the other.

The very fact is that the government is buying fuel at a higher cost and supplying to the rental power plants at a highly subsidised rates thus increasingly forcing the public to bear the burden of cost.

The government is moreover buying electricity from these plants at a soaring rate to sell it to the public at a lower rate, again forcing the public to pay for the loss. The transfer of such billing loads on the public is taking place with frequent increase of the electricity tariff along with upward price adjustment in the prices of fuel.

The government is again paying for the unutilised capacity of the rental power plants as and when the authorities are failing to supply them with necessary fuel, and this is how the rental power plants have appeared as a critical issue having devastating impact on the nation’s macroeconomic fundamentals.

http://www.weeklyholiday.net/Homepage/Pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=2&date=06/22/2012

 

[Mage]

And we have people who oppose power plants but demand electricity. We need to multiply our generation capacity in very short time.

1/3 of tax revenue of Bangladesh looted by Awami League.

That's praiseworthy. 70-80% of tax revenue used to be looted by the previous govt and their parties. We weren't the champion in corruption for nothing.

 

[idune]

AGREE But I hope this is temporary If you compare current situation with previous years!

Still far far better than BNP-Jamat period.

First of all your property should be confiscated and liquidated and compensate for awami looting.

Second,
awami league looted 32000 crore taka a year, 1/3rd of tax revenue of Bangladesh but NOT BNP.
Awami league increased price of electricity 12 times but BNP did not.
BNP was in power for 5 years but awami league is for more than 8 years.

So awami league cheerleaders and looters try to loot and hide behind BNP is just pure comic and sheer idiocy.

 

[Banglar Bir]

1/3 of tax revenue of Bangladesh looted by Awami League. Electricity price increased 12 times and now awami league can not even provide electricity. All these awami leaders and their cheer leaders property should be liquidated.

Where has all the electricity gone?
M. A. Taslim
In order to make the rental plants sufficiently lucrative to the private players, the government had to provide sovereign guarantees regarding prices at which fuel oil would be supplied to the plant operators, and electricity would be purchased by the government. Since very large gaps have emerged between the guaranteed prices and the prices paid or received by the government, the rental plants have to be provided with enormous amounts in subsidies. It is estimated that during the current fiscal year subsidy payments to the rental power plants might exceed Tk320 billion, i.e. about one-third of the total tax revenue of the government.

This enormous subsidy requirement has put the government finances in a quandary, which has been further intensified by the drying up of expected foreign funds due to difficulties on the foreign policy front. The government was forced to take the unprecedented step to shift part of the current subsidy to the next budget. This may open up a new door to further mismanagement of the economy.


Much hope was pinned on the government's resolve to quickly overcome power shortages. However, within three years the hopes have transmuted into frustration. In attempting to solve a nagging problem, the government seems to have created several more. The hapless people will be forced to bear the consequences of the blunder of their government; they have reasons to be angry.

(The writer is Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka.)

http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/more.php?news_id=125664&date=2012-04-05

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More rental plants on cards despite fuel crisis
It looks like an insensitive decision; former adviser of the caretaker government Dr Mirza Azizul Islam said about the move pointing to the macroeconomic destabilization that may be arising out of the soaring import bills for oil in one hand and the surging subsidies on the other.

The very fact is that the government is buying fuel at a higher cost and supplying to the rental power plants at a highly subsidised rates thus increasingly forcing the public to bear the burden of cost.

The government is moreover buying electricity from these plants at a soaring rate to sell it to the public at a lower rate, again forcing the public to pay for the loss. The transfer of such billing loads on the public is taking place with frequent increase of the electricity tariff along with upward price adjustment in the prices of fuel.

The government is again paying for the unutilised capacity of the rental power plants as and when the authorities are failing to supply them with necessary fuel, and this is how the rental power plants have appeared as a critical issue having devastating impact on the nation’s macroeconomic fundamentals.

http://www.weeklyholiday.net/Homepage/Pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=2&date=06/22/2012

Kindly read my edited post once again and respond.
The answers have finally been revealed, however kindly also mention about the corruption that occurred while granting licences to the private owners of these Quick Rental Power Plants.

 

[EastBengalPro]

First of all your property should be confiscated and liquidated and compensate for awami looting.

Well fyi I am blessed so much I dont have any sort of property to be confiscated and liquidated or bank balance. You can say me as "Rastar Fakir" Lol . Just make so little from job to pass the month. If I stop working for a month, I dont know what will happen that month. My father a former BAF warrant officer and later a Senior Corporal of Kuwait navy lost all his savings and village property after he goes for some BS transport business in Dhaka.

Second,
BNP did not loot 32000 crore taka a year, 1/3rd of tax revenue as awami league did.
BNP did increase price of electricity 12 times as awami league did.
BNP was in power for 5 years but awami league is for more than 8 years.

So awami league cheerleaders and looters try to loot and hide behind BNP is just pure comic.

I said it previous in this forum both AL and BNP are same If you talk about looting people or looting country resources. The only difference is AL have been doing some work even after looting. Hope you are not that type of Moron understanding this simple fact.

And we have people who oppose power plants but demand electricity. We need to multiply our generation capacity in very short time.

People didnt stand against more fearful plant like Rooppur Nuclear power plant. But they do against Rampal. Raise your voice against anything that can harm country's benchmark "Sundarban"

 

[Loafer]

Bangladeshi RMG Industry will fall soon as the high expensive electricity will make it more uncompetitive or Bangladeshi government will go bankrupt trying to subsidise it.

In fact Indian government already subsidies them with cheap electricity.

 

[bluesky]

Bangladeshi RMG Industry will fall soon as the high expensive electricity will make it more uncompetitive or Bangladeshi government will go bankrupt trying to subsidise it.

In fact Indian government already subsidies them with cheap electricity.

Garments/textile industries cannot survive long with subsidized electricity. It is time that BD builds up other industries that produce more value added goods that can purchase power without being subsidized.

 

[Mage]

People didnt stand against more fearful plant like Rooppur Nuclear power plant. But they do against Rampal. Raise your voice against anything that can harm country's benchmark "Sundarban"

We don't have enough available land. We have to set up power plants in wherever we can manage. Some steps have been taken to minimize the damage to Sundarban. The plant would be 14km away from Sundarban and there will be a 275meter chimney for cooling purposes(I think). That's the most could be done.

 

[EastBengalPro]

We don't have enough available land. We have to set up power plants in wherever we can manage.

AGREE. We got full of BD excluding Rampal.

The plant would be 14km away from Sundarban and there will be a 275meter chimney for cooling purposes(I think). That's the most could be done.

UN and Ramsar reports are more trusted than what AL experts are saying.

 

[Mage]

UN and Ramsar reports are more trusted than what AL experts are saying.

Yes. But where did I mention anything by AL experts?

 

[EastBengalPro]

Yes. But where did I mention anything by AL experts?

The plant would be 14km away from Sundarban and there will be a 275meter chimney for cooling purposes

This is what ALs have been preaching for a while