BPDB proposes bulk power price hike

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has submitted a fresh proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) for bulk power price hike.

BPDB officials confirmed this on Monday.

According to the officials, the government agency proposed the hike to offset its deficit that would stand at Tk 86.08 billion in the next fiscal year.

On 23 November 2017, BERC increased power tariff of per unit of electricity by Tk 0.35 or 5.3 per cent on average, which came into effect from 1 December 2017.