The government yesterday decided to renew contracts of four expensive furnace oil-fired private power plants for two years with the condition that they would not get capacity charges.
Energy activists criticised the government’s decision to extend contracts of four private rental power plants, saying the authorities should have focused on utilising the full capacity of existing plants instead.
Some 11 proposals including extension of four rental power plants and import of 200,000 metric tonnes of rice from Myanmar received the nod of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today (September 7, 2022).