No power, no clue

[NewsWhore]

Businessman Celso Marranzini is criticizing decisions made by the State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) in response to the wave of recent blackouts, saying the CDEEE is clueless about the issues plaguing the energy sector. Marranzini, a former president of the National Business Council (CONEP) claims that CDEEE vice president Radhames Segura's response to a proposal made last week by CONEP is inadequate because instead of focusing on the solutions presented by CONEP Segura picked on the figures in the proposal. In its reports CONEP claims the energy generators' deficit will amount to US$1.3 billion with 50% in total losses, while Segura maintains that the deficit will only be US$1.066 billion, US$234 million less, and only registering 42.19% in losses. "Now I am really concerned, because I see the CDEEE doesn't understand the problem. To argue about figures in a country that has 12-hour blackouts and has paid more than US$4 billion in subsidies in the last four years, and where the most expensive energy in the region is charged confirms what we've said, that there is no clarity, no will to resolve the energy problem." Marranzini said the proposal to build a coal-fired plant that generates 1,200MW of energy is an interesting proposal, but it doesn't get to the root of the problem and only takes the discussion on a tangent.

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