NewsWhore
08-27-2007, 04:00 PM
The Dominican Corporation of State Electric Enterprises (CDEEE) is planning to eliminate 16 power stations from its networks as soon as the new hydroelectric and coal fired plants are on line. According to the Listin Diario, there are 410 megawatts coming online from the various dams and there is planned another 1200 megawatts from the coal-fired installations in Azua and Manzanillo. The 16 units are the least efficient power producers in the DR and the government is promising that the cost of electricity will drop drastically with the connection of the new units.
Meanwhile, business consultant Federico Martinez says that a solution to the impasse regarding the contracting of the coal-fired generators for Azua and Manzanillo would be for the government to hold another tender offering the changed conditions it has not made available to the runner-up companies chosen to build the two new coal-fired units.
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Meanwhile, business consultant Federico Martinez says that a solution to the impasse regarding the contracting of the coal-fired generators for Azua and Manzanillo would be for the government to hold another tender offering the changed conditions it has not made available to the runner-up companies chosen to build the two new coal-fired units.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)