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Govt mulls new funding formula to boost power sector

UNB, Dhaka
put the power ministry in serious concern about the expected investment inflow into the country's deficient power sector as possible investors tend to shy away, official sources said.
With a move to overcome the funding crunch, the government is now advancing with a new financing formula under which donor agencies would initially finance the planned projects which would then be transferred to private sector.
But it is not clear whether the new funding mechanism should click, sources added.
The Awami League-led grand-alliance government laid out a plan in its election manifesto that one of its main thrusts would be on improvement of the country’s power sector which remains fragile mainly through reported haggling over work orders for longin the past.
The ruling coalition promised to increase the power generation to 7,000 megawatts (MW) within the next five years from the existing production level of 3,500 MW to meet an evergrowing demand.
Experts said it would require at least $2.75 to $3.25 billion only in generation segment to enhance the electricity production.
Similarly, another S3 billion will be needed for transmission and distribution purposes to
improve the overall power supply situation.
"The total fund requirement will be nearly S6 to S7 bdtliwuo ujrpttAe the whdje sector." said a fortner ch ainnah ot Pdwer Dtvebpihent Board.
The government's plan was to mobilise most of the requisite funds from the affluent private sector. But the recent economic meltdown has put it into great dilemmas over the funding by private-sector investors.
A recent experience from the handing of the 450-MW Bibiyana power project has caused the power division officials to get worried and seriously think about the project funding.
Prime Minister's Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, who is looking after the power and energy sector, said the government is not so worried but moving with an advanced idea.
“We're thinking about an alternative way to resolve the fund crisis."
In the wake of the global economic meltdown. he said the government is advancing with a new idea of financing the powergeneration projects, adding that it would initially launch power projects with the funds from the international donor agencies like Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank for an interim period.
Dr Elahi claimed that though this is an innovative funding formula, the donor agencies responded positively to the new mode of projectfunding.