Power plant: Ministry reiterates Nandipur cost-efficiency
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to save billions of rupees, authorities have sensitive that a acclimatisation of Nandipur energy plant to gas is underneath approach and approaching to be finished by a finish of Apr 2017.
In a statement, a Ministry of Water and Power has pronounced that after analysis and inspection of a bids, Hydro Electric Power System Engineering Company of China (HEPSEC)’ s bid was found to be a lowest out of a 4 bidders.
HEPSEC is a auxiliary of Power China Group, and has wide-ranging knowledge of providing operations and upkeep services for energy plants all over a world.
The Nandipur energy plant has been operational given Jul 2015 and now handling on furnace oil. However, after conversion, a era ability of a plant will boost from 425 to 525 megawatts (MW).
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has already given a operation and upkeep (OM) tariff for both furnace oil and gas.
Total OM tariff authorised by Nepra on gas operation is Rs0.543/unit and a lowest bid perceived was during Rs0.4873/unit and so a plant will be saving Rs0.0557 per kWh.
This will yield additional room to a GENCO to cover any variable expenses. On RFO operation, Nepra has authorised Rs0.697/unit OM costs, while bid cost was Rs0.8595/unit.
Total OM cost authorised by Nepra on gas operation is Rs2.113 billion per year and a engaged volume is Rs1.896 billion, that will yield certain money flows.
Published in The Express Tribune, Feb 9th, 2017.
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