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History of Electricity Generation and Distribution in Bangladesh Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh is an ancient city. There is a public saying that Nawab of Dhaka installed a small generator in his residence "Ahsan Monjil" and started generating power at 5pm on 7th of December 1901,

 which is considered as the introduction of electricity in the then Dhaka city. Later, in and arround 1930, M/S. DEVCO, a subsidiary of M/S. Octavians Steel Company, developped electricity distribution system at 400V level under complete private ownership and brought that for public use.

 Most probably in the year 1933 a power generating station named "Dhanmondi Power House" was established with two 1500 KW generators each and from there the electricity distribution system was started to sale to the public on commercial basis. After partition of the Indian sub-continent in the year 1947, power generation, transmision and distribution authority in the then East Pakistan region were confined within some private companies. The electricity supply in the then 17 districts limited to the township areas only for a limited time were except Dhaka city area.

Creation of DPDC  Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC), is a Public Limited Company under Power Division of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

 Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC), was registered on 25 October, 2005 under the Companies Act, The company was entitled to perform buiseness from the date of incorporation. The DPDC took over DESA on 1st July 2008 and so started commercial operation on the date taken all Assets and Liabilites of DESA through Transfer agreement dated 11 September

 The Company was created as a part of the Power Sector Reform Program. It was created to provide electricity to customers of Dhaka City Corporation area (excluding DESCO area) including Narayangonj town, Siddirgonj, Demra, Fatullah and Moktarpur under Narayangonj district.

Principal Activities  The main objective of the company is to distribute electricity to its customers effectively and efficiently. The main activities are as follows: 1: Selling and distribution of electricity in the area of DPDC. 2: Maintenance and expansion of electricity distribution system. 3: Undertaking development work related to electricity distribution. 4: Carry out any work supplementary to the major objectives

Bangladesh’s Power Sector: At a Glance (Fy 2011)  Electricity Growth: 7.20% in Fy 2011(since 1990).  Generating Capacity: 6984Mw(sep,2011)  Total consumer: 12.5 Million.  Transmission lines: 8600km.  Distribution lines: km.  Per Capital Generating: 252kwh.  Access to electricity: 50%

Renewable energy development status

Achievement of renewable energy development …..(June 2011). CategoryAchievement Solar Home System 47MW (1million unit). Other Solar PV Application. 1MW. Roof-top Solar PV System New Electricity Consumer 3MW. Wind Energy 2MW. Biomass Based Electricity 1MW. Biogas Based Electricity 1MW. Totall55MW.

Waste to Electricity Project Brief  Project Authority: Dhaka City Corporation.  Raw Material: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).  Est. MSW Requirement: 1000 ton per day.  Exp. Electricity Generation: 10MW.  Project Tenure: 20Years.  Prospective Technology: Open.  Project Completion period: 2year.

Incentive as a Renewable Policy - Electricity generate from renewable energy project (less than 5 MW) may be purchase by power utility or an consumer thought mutual agreement. - Renewable energy project investor will be exempted from corporate income tax for period 10 years. - Renewable energy equipment and energy raw material will be exempted charging 15% VAT - An incentive traffic may be consider from electricity generated from renewable energy source which may be 10% higher than the highest price of electricity purchase by utility form privet generator.

Incentive Privet Sector Power Generation Policy  Traffic based bidding  Payment under the PPA continue is the event of dispatch failure  Assistance getting clearance for agencies  Exception from corporation income tax for period of 10 years.

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