Atlas Power Limited is a joint venture between the Atlas Group and MAN Diesel & Turbo Germany. Atlas Power was established as a public (unlisted) company in 2007 as a power generation plant / project having gross capacity of 225MW under a 25 year agreement with National Transmission & Dispatch Company Limited ("NTDCL"). The project has been commissioned under 2002 Power Policy of GOP and has been granted a generation license by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority ("NEPRA") in May 2007. The company started its commercial operations on 18 December 2009.