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IPP generated power cheaper in Bangladesh: Study reveals

UNB, Dhaka
Prices of electricity generated by independent power producers (IPP) in Bangladesh are low by regional and international standards, according to a recent study.
Bangladesh's IPP prices are low due to competition and project support, but not for low gas tariffs, said the study on "Electricity Generation Prices in South Asia" conducted by USAID and SARI/Energy.
The study findings were presented today (Sunday), on the second day of a five-day regional training in Dhaka on "Strengthening Energy Linkages in South Asia". It has been jointly organised by USAID, SARI/Energy, AED and BUET.
"Bangladesh's IPP procurement process was very competitive and transparent," the study observed, adding that Bhutan's IPP prices are also low, but it is due to capital
subsidies.
It also said that the wholesale IPP prices of three SA countries -Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka -are similar to wholesale tariffs of new government power plants in the region.
The study said IPPs play a useful role in South Asian generation but it found huge variation in prices of the same technology plants both within and between the countries.
It said well-managed IPP procurements yield comparable prices to government generation and in the long-term, generation competition in the region seems to be the way to gain efficiency in production.
Opportunities for business in the region may include, according to the study, two-way India-Nepal trade, Sri Lankan purchases of Indian power, Indian and Nepalese purchases of Bangladesh wholesale electricity and Indian pur-
chases of surplus IPP output from Pakistan.
It observed that the government electricity companies are financially stressed by their power purchase obligations. "Most state electricity companies in the region have growing financial stress."
"There are many reports about large semi-merchant plants that are being planned, but few real projects," it found as an interesting anecdote of the study. Another anecdote is that Bangladesh and Sri Lanka reported deviation from merit-order dispatch of IPPs.
Among the key conclusions of the study was that new public generation projects were not cheaper than new private IPPs when capital subsidies, cost and time overruns are considered. "Benchmark indicate that government projects, on the average, have cost overruns of 23 percent and time overruns of 30 per cent."