Md Saleh Ebn Sharif
Assistant Director, Power Cell, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
INTRODUCTION
The Government of Bangladesh has declared the vision to become a middle-income country by 2021
and a developed country by 2041. Electricity is pivotal to the economic growth. Realizing this fact,
Government has set the target to provide uninterrupted and reliable electricity to all at an affordable
price. Accordingly, Government has undertaken immediate, short, medium and long-term plans and
projects for developing generation, transmission and distribution. Changes in policy, legislation and
regulatory framework have been made to create a conducive business environment for the private
sector. About 96% (including renewable energy) of the total population has access to electricity and per
capita generation is 510 KWh. Demand of electricity has been increasing day by day in our country.
Till now the maximum generation was 12,893 MW (29 May 2019). Till February 2020, total 12,119
circuit kilometers transmission lines and about 5,60,000 kilometers distribution lines with necessary
infrastructure have been constructed.
Generation Capacity and Demand
Total grid based installed capacity was 18,961 MW in FY 2018-19 including 9,507 MW in public
sector and 8,294 MW in private sector and 1160 MW from cross-border power-trade from India. At
present, (February 2020) the total grid based installed capacity is 19,630 MW including 9,740 MW in
Public Sector, 8,730 MW in Private Sector and 1,160 MW power imported from India. Considering
captive and renewable energy, the total installed capacity of Bangladesh is 22,787 MW. Till now the
maximum generation was 12,893 MW (29 May 2019)
Power Generation (MkWh)
The total net 70,533 MkWh energy was generated from public and private sector power plants during
FY 2018-19 which was 62,678 MkWh during FY 2017-18. In FY 2019-2020 (till January 2020), the
total net generation from public and private sector power plants (including power import) is 41,848
MkWh. Out of total net generation, 52.34% power was generated by public sector power plants.
37.92% power from private power plants and 9.74% from power import. The share of Gas, Hydro,
Coal, Import, liquid fuel and renewable energy generation were 71.15%, 1.46%, 3.11%, 9.74%, 14.45%
and 0.08% respectively.
Maximum Power Generation
Due to generation constraint, actual demand could not be served before 2009. The situation has changed now and there is adequate generation capacity to meet the demand. In spite of having sufficient generation, electricity could not be supplied to the consumers due to transmission and distribution bottleneck. It is found that in 2000-01 maximum generation was 3033 MW, which is increased to 12,893 MW in FY 2018-19.
Investment
About USD 19 billion has been invested for development of power generation, transmission and
distribution infrastructure from FY 2008-09 to FY 2018-19 out of which USD 11.5 billion and USD 7.5
billion has been invested on government projects and private projects respectively.
As per Government Vision and Long Term Plan 2041, USD 216 billion investment will be required for
generation, transmission and distribution sector
ADP Implementation
Development Budget
During FY 2018-19, Taka 24,836.42 crore was allocated for ADP in favor of power sector projects
under different organizations / companies. Out of the allocation, Taka 23,145.11 crore has been
disbursed during FY 2018-19, which was 93.19% of the allocated amount. Yearwise ADP allocation
and disbursement are stated below in table-8:
During FY 2018-19, Taka 1933.79 crore has been allocated from RADP for 9 projects of the
organizations / companies of Power Division. Out of which Taka 1912.29 crore has been disbursed. In
total Taka 26770.21 crore was allocated for 117 projects during FY 2018-19 and Taka 25057.40 crore
was disbursed which was 93.60% of allocated amount.
