Breaking RPP contract

Bdnews24.com

A top energy official said Thursday the government would take action against rental power plants if they overshot the deadline for operations.

Only one, out of the six under-construction RPPs, is set to begin production on schedule—May 27.

Four power plants were scheduled to go into production on May 15 and a fifth on May 23, but none of them would be able to start off before July.

Power secretary M Fouzul Kabir Khan told bdnews24.com: "Action will be taken, as per agreement, against the power plants that did not go into operation on schedule or were failing to do so. The agreement provides for punishment."

A meeting on the progress of rental power plants at the Power Division Thursday was informed that only Khulna 40 megawatt power plant would start operation on May 27.

Kumargaon 50 MW power plant, scheduled to start on May 14, will go into operation by the end of this month.

Besides, Shahjibazar 50 megawatt power plant goes into operation on June 15 and Fenchhuganj 50 MW power plant on July 15. Both had been scheduled for a May 15 start.

Bogra 20 megawatt power plant will start on July 15 instead of May 23 and Bhola 30 MW on July 15 instead of May 15.

Energy Prima is setting up RPPs in Fenchhuganj, Kumargaon, Shahjibazar and Bogra; Kaltimex Energy is working in Bhola, and Aggreko Asia in Khulna.

According to an agreement signed in January on the power plants, the firms must start generating power within 120 days of signing the deal.

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