Dhaka, May 8 -- Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) owed local and foreign electricity producers and transmission firms a total of Tk 330 billion as of February 2024.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid informed parliament about the huge dues on Tuesday, according to bdnews24.com.

The companies include government, private, joint venture and foreign firms exporting power.

From Jan 2009 until now, 26,240 MW of electricity has been added to the national grid, increasing the capacity to produce power to 30,277 MW, including from the captive power plants.

The highest amount of electricity was produced on Apr 30 this year at 16,477 MW.

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