EAST PAKISTAN POWER AUTHORITY

US CONSULTANTS WILL: 1) CONDUCT STUDIES SUCH AS LOAD FORECASTS AND VOLTAGE DROPS FOR USE IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; 2) STANDARDIZE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND OPERATION SYSTEMS; 3) CONTINUE SYSTEMS MAPPING AND RECORD KEEPING; 4) ESTABLISH STORAGE PROCEDURES AND COMPUTERIZE INVENTORY RECORDS; 5) DEVELOP PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES; 6) STREAMLINE CHITTAGONG ELECTRIC SUPPLY (CES) MANAGEMENT/ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES; 7) OPERATE THE GREATER CHITTAGONG POWER SYSTEM. ACTIVITIES WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THOSE OF EPWAPDA. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRANSMISSION LINES, BUILDING SUBSTATIONS AND RENOVATING OLD SUBSTATIONS. A 5-MILE SINGLE CIRCUIT AROUND CHITTAGONG THROUGH MADANHAT SUBSTATION WILL PROVIDE MORE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY AND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FEEDS TO SUBSTATIONS AT LOAD CENTERS. 7 MILES OF DOUBLE CIRCUIT WILL ALLOW LOOPING OF 1 CIRCUIT OF THE KAPTAI-DACCA 132/KV GRID INTO A TO-BE-BUILT SUBSTATION AT SITAKUND. 2 NEW 132/33-KV SUBSTATIONS WILL BE BUILT EACH WITH 30 MVA CAPACITY -- 1 AT SITAKUND AND THE OTHER NEARER THE CENTER OF CHITTAGON AT KULSI ROAD. PROJECT ALSO IN CLUDES ADDING 20 MILES OF 33-KV LINES TO CARRY POWER FROM SUBSTATIONS; INSTALLING 8 NEW 33/11-KV SUBSTATIONS EACH WITH 10 MNA CAPACITY; AND PROVIDING 135 MILES OF OVERHEAD LINES, SWITCHING STATIONS AND VOLTAGE STEP DOWN STATIONS. LOAD STUDIES AND CONSUMER REQUESTS WILL DETERMINE LOCATION AND SIZE OFEACH INSTALLATION. THE FIELD TEAM WILL ALSO TRAIN CES PERSONNEL IN SUCH WORK AS RELAY SETTING, HOT LINE WORK, METER MAINTENANCE. SENIOR OFFICERS SENT TO US WILL LEARN MGMT AS WELLAS OPERATING PROCEDURES. BENEFICIARIES WILL BE CES PERSONNEL AND ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMERS. EPWAPDA WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT.