Loud Thinking June 12, 2014 at 06:19AM

Another interesting letter published by the daily “The News”.

Power house

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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This refers to the letter, ‘Power house?’ (June 3) by Imtiaz Akhter. The writer mentioned that electricity obtained through the Nandipur Power Plant will cost Rs24 per unit. It has also been reported in ‘The News’ on June 1 that three 9E turbines have been added at the Nandipur plant to add 300MW of electricity in the national grid.

Coming on to government statistics on energy rates published on Nov 25, 2013 one unit of electricity by gas cost Rs5.07, by furnace oil Rs15.88, by high speed diesel Rs22.15 and by coal Rs3.61 respectively. One turbine of 95MW has been commissioned on May 31 and the remaining two are likely to be commissioned by end of 2014. I request the CEO of the Nandipur Power Plant to explain the cost effectiveness of three 9E gas turbines.

Engr Raja Riaz Akbar

Wah

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