Staff Reporter :
Chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) AR Khan on Saturday emphasised on uninterrupted electricity supply with a standard consumer service to Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB).
“We are going to set up a standard and testing laboratory for quality measurement and maintenance equipment used in power sector. It will help us reduce system loss.”
To encourage people to build up industry in rural areas, electricity connections to BREB and other power sector entities by 2021 should be ensured, he said.
Addressing as the chief guest at the BREB’s General Managers (GM) conference 2016, the chairman said it. The conference was held at Palli Bidyut Bhaban and was chaired by BREB Chairman Major General Moin Uddin. Power Division Secretary Monowar Islam also addressed the conference as special guest. Power Division Secretary asked BREB GMs and Presidents of 78 Palli Bidyut Samity officials and employees to work with transparency and accountability. He said, people want electricity connections without any hazard and the government is also interested to bring more rural areas under electricity connections. So, BREB employees have to go door to door for providing electricity connections. Performance Target Agreement (PTA) has signed with BREB and 78 Palli Bidyut Samity in this conference. BERC Member Rahman Murshed, PGCB’s MD Masud Al Beruni, RPCL’s MD Engineer Abdus Sabur and West Zone Power Company’s MD Engineer Safiq Uddin, among others, spoke in the function.
