Prime Minister S.Batbold visited
the Taishir water power station on August 8 and then instructed the Ministry
for Finance and the Ministry for Minerals and Energy to release US 250,000 so
that full generation there may begin in September. The plant will provide power
to meet all the needs of Gobi-Altai and Zavkhan provinces.

At present the plant does
not work to capacity, and has been supplying power to only Taishir and Jargalan
soums since August, 2008. Generation cannot increase as the water level in the Zavkhan
River is not high.  

The project was begun in 1997
with Kuwaiti assistance. So far, over MNT 90 billion has been spent on it.