Description

Background

This report presents the findings of the performance evaluation for the Ninth Power Project, approved in December 1996. The objectives of the project were to:

• enable evacuation of the power generated from the Meghnaghat Power Project;
• improve the use of existing system assets through optimized load dispatch;
• commence the unbundling of Bangladesh Power Development Board into separate generation, transmission, and distribution entities; and aid the corporatization of the transmission segment;
• create a corporatized distribution entity for the Dhaka area; and
• prepare projects for possible financing by private sector developers and ADB. ADB's loan of $88.1 million was to finance the following project components:
  • construction of 230-kilovolt transmission lines and substations association with Meghnaghat Power Project;
  • construction of a national load dispatch center and associated communication network;
  • construction of 280-kilometers of 132-,33-,11-, and 0.4 kilovolt distribution systems, provide about 91,000 new consumer connections in metropolitan Dhaka, and enhance distribution capacity by about 200 megavolt-ampere and 22,000 new consumer connections in the Mirpur area of the city; and
  • provision of engineering services for the West Zone combined-cycle and the East Zone open-cycle peaking power projects.

Contents

• Contents
• Basic Data
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Design and Implementation
• Performance Assessment
• Other Assessments
• Issues, Lessons, and Follow-up Actions
• Appendixes