Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
2005
Effective Start Year: 
2006
Effective End Year: 
2010
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy, Government Report
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power
Issued by: 
Nexant and Power Division Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
File: 
Overall Summary: 
Nexant, Inc. has been retained by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to provide consulting services for the Power Sector Development Program II study. The objective of this Technical Assistance (TA) assignment is to assist the Government of Bangladesh in preparing the Power Sector Development Program II and to support the policy reform and further restructuring of the power sector. A key part (Component B) of the TA is to develop a Power System Master Plan (PSMP) Update to the year 2025. The report is organised as follows: Section 1.2 elaborates on the objectives of the PSMP update and provides an overview of power system planning in general. Section 1.3 summarizes the results of the PSMP Update. Section 1.4 offers Nexant's recommendations. Section 2 provides an overview of the existing generation and transmission systems. Section 3 presents Nexant's load forecast. Section 4 addresses energy resources, especially fuel supply. Section 5 discusses generation and transmission expansion options and potential generating plant sites. Section 6 provides the generation expansion plan. Section 7 presents the transmission expansion plan. Section 8 discusses economic analysis and financial projections for the proposed development plan.---Note: Load Side Management (LSM).
Access
Energy access targets: 
LSM (Load Side Management) is a deliberate scheduled program of load shedding from the system[...] The program is estimated to free facilities to serve additional 250,000 domestic consumers.
Energy service quality targets: 
LSM (Load Side Management) is a deliberate scheduled program of load shedding from the system [...]. It is credited to increase the efficiency, reliability and quality of supply in the system by saving on expensive peak power production cost.
Efficiency
EE action plans: 
LSM is a deliberate scheduled program of load shedding from the system [...]. It is credited to increase the efficiency, reliability and quality of supply in the system by saving on expensive peak power production cost. Power Cell has submitted a country wide detailed LSM program aimed at reducing demand by about 500 MW during peak periods.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
Bangladesh has only a single significant hydro plant. Two additional 50 MW units are committed, bringing total maximum capacity to 330 MW. --- the structure of the present transmission system (...) currently experiences problems of low voltage levels not only in the Dhaka area but also in the other regions of the country. PGCB is well aware of these problems and has taken steps to initiate a program of reactive compensation by way of adding shunt capacitors at different locations of the transmission system. --- Barapukuria Coal Mine in the north-west region of Bangladesh is under development and it will supply coal to BPDB's first coal based 2x125 MW power plant at Barapukuria (now under construction) by FY2006. --- The development of Barapukuria Coal Mine by Petrobangla is nearing completion. (...) Two 125 MW power plant units are under construction. --- BPDB has undertaken a project under the title ‘Power Plant Rehabilitation Project (Phase 2) Revised’ which is currently under implementation. The scope of this project is designed to improve improve operational performance including efficiency improvement from a number of ‘maintenance-overdue’ units, through rehabilitation of 19 of them, in 8 power stations.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
To improve the situation of energy leakage and power theft, a well designed metering system is needed. --- Establishing some standards and implementing and enforcing a system of penalties should reduce the non-technical losses (energy leakage) of the system. Power Cell has prepared a program on these issues that has been accepted and implemented by DESCO and DESA.
Energy institutional structures: 
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (BOGMC, also known as Petrobangla) is the state-owned monopoly supplier of power plant fuels and is responsible for most fuels activity in Bangladesh. Petrobangla is under the administrative control of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.