Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has filed a review appeal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to raise the bulk power tariff.
“We’ve filed an appeal to the BERC on Monday (November 14) to review the decision to reject the proposal to raise bulk power tariff”, said a top BPDB official.
He said before submitting the proposal, the BPDB received a nod from the government’s highest policy level, reports UNB.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid also approved the review appeal, he added.
On October 13, BREC rejected the proposal of the BPDB to raise bulk power tariff, saying that the aggrieved party can submit appeal proposal to review the regulator’s decision within 30 working days.
The BPDB placed a proposal to raise bulk power tariffs by 65.57 per cent at the public hearing while a technical evaluation committee of BERC recommended a 57.83 per cent hike.
BPDB officials had said the organisation will require Tk 74,189 crore in revenue to generate 88,993 million kilowatt hours (units) of electricity to supply to the power distribution companies.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
