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Power
Saving Activities
To
ensure energy conservation
and efficient use of
electricity under load
management and system
supervision, it has been
possible to save around 350
MW of electricity by
undertaking actions like
keeping Shopping –malls
and Shopping centers closed
after 8 p.m. Establishing
Solar Panels in government,
semi-government, autonomous
bodies and industries have
been initiated. The relevant
consumers are encouraged to
keep the temperature of
Air-cooler at 250 Celsius or
higher and are prohibited to
use Air-cooler in the
evening peak hours.
Initiatives have been
underway to establish 20.0
lakh pre-paid meters
countrywide to facilitate
electric bill payment for
consumers and to control and
determine power load by
distributing institution. A
number of steps have been
taken to control electricity
demand on the receiving end
by using power saving handy
equipments. Steps have been
taken to replace around 4
crore ineffective electric
lamps by power saving
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL)
under Efficient Lighting
Initiatives for Bangladesh (ELIB)
programme. It will be
possible to install 1.05
crore power saving CFL bulbs
by 2010. this will also
ensure Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) facilities.
In
order to overcome the
present power deficit
situation, targets are fixed
up in the outlines of
Bangladesh Perspective Plan
and on reaching these goals
it will be possible to have
access to power by all
citizens within 2021.A huge
investment is required to go
towards the preferred level
from the prevailing power
deficit situation.
Initiatives have been on to
ensure public as well as
government-patronized
private investments and
Foreign Direct Investments.
In this sector investment to
amount of taka USD 9.00
billion is required out of
which USD 8.00 billion is
expected to come from
private sector in order to
raise power generation to
11,625MW within
2015.Initiatives have been
taken in this comprehensive
plan to transmit,
distribute, adopt demand
side management, use
renewable fuels, rationalize
prices separately at private
investment and consumers’
level due to the existing
difficulties of
transmission, distribution,
power supply and sources
along with production in
power sector. The prevailing
power crisis will be reduced
in 2012 if this plan is
implemented on time and
every citizen will have
access to power in 2021.
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