Report on Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd. DESCO

Abstract

The power sector in Bangladesh faced numerous problems characterized by lack of supply capacity, frequent power cuts, unacceptable quality of supply, and poor financial and operational performance of the sector entities. There have been a number of reforms in the power sector in Bangladesh since it's independence, but most of these reforms fai led to bring desired improvements in the power sector. Among the three main components of the power system, recent reform activities were centered on generation and transmission. The most pressing problem in the power sector has been with the distribution system, which is characterized by heavy system loss and poor collection performance; however, the di stribution system seldom got the priority in reform initiatives. Our internship in DESCO (Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited), focused on the planning and distribution in the practical field of power sector. Through this internship we got the opportunity to work as a member of a team which was involved in transm ission and distribution of electricity around dhaka city, i.e TONGI, UTTARA, MIRPUR, and GULSHAN. We also had some experience regarding corporate culture and customer dealings. On the completion of this internship the practical experience enhance our theoretical knowledge in power sector.