capacity charges
Burden of capacity charges heavier than thought
The government-run Tongi 105-megawatt power station did not produce a single watt of electricity in 2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. In the whole year of 2018-19,
5 September 2023
Will BPDB become a 'white elephant'?
The weak financial state of the BPDB is partly due to the high per unit price of electricity
10 August 2023
Power sector must answer for its persistent failures
Frequent outages amid heatwaves lay bare the dysfunctional state of power sector
7 June 2023
Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?
Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
21 January 2023
Only the guilty need indemnity laws
The national energy crisis is a direct result of the corruption and nepotism encouraged by the indemnity law.
27 August 2022