⚡ Electricity / Power — license categories & fees

Application fee schedule per the Gazette (20 April 2016, তফসিল-ক). License fee figures shown are informational তফসিল-খ estimates, not live calculations.

CategoryUnitApplication feeIndicative license fee
Generation — Government / IPP / Commercial Plant MW ৳ 2,500 / MW Indicative license fee if approved: ৳5,000/MW (first time, capped ৳30,00,000); ৳2,000/MW annual renewal (capped ৳20,00,000).
Generation — Rental Power Plant (RPP) MW ৳ 2,500 / MW Indicative license fee if approved: ৳4,000/MW gas-based or ৳2,000/MW liquid-fuel-based (first time).
Generation — Captive (CPP) / Small Power Plant (SPP) MW ৳ 1,500 Indicative license fee if approved: ৳2,000/MW gas-based or ৳1,000/MW liquid-fuel-based (first time).
License Waiver Certificate — Renewable (up to 5 MW) MW ৳ 1,000 per year LWC has no separate license fee — the exemption fee above is the only charge.
License Waiver Certificate — Non-Renewable (up to 1 MW) MW ৳ 1,000 per year LWC has no separate license fee — the exemption fee above is the only charge.
Transmission MW / circuit km ৳ 100,000 Indicative license fee if approved: ৳25,00,000 (first time); ৳10,00,000 (annual renewal).
Distribution connections / MW ৳ 100,000 Indicative license fee if approved: ৳25,00,000 (first time); ৳10,00,000 (annual renewal), plus a quarterly system-operation fee of 0.025% of net sales.
Sale to Power Utility (CPP/SPP) MW ৳ 5,000 Indicative license fee if approved: ৳2,000/MW (first time); ৳500/MW (annual renewal).
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