by Aileen Refuerzo
The city government expects to bid out the operation of the city-owned Asin mini-hydroelectric plants in Tuba, Benguet to qualified private investors this January.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan said the city looks forward to setting the project into motion to finally realize its thrust to maximize the power generating potential of the plants and restore their viability.
The plants’ operations have slackened since the city government took over the management in 2006 due to lack of funds and expertise.
Last June, the city council approved the terms of reference (TOR) for the contract to rehabilitate and manage the power generating facility.
The TOR provides the requirement for the “rehabilitation, upgrading, expansion, operation, maintenance and lease†of the mini-hydros for 20 years.
The bid components will be for rehabilitation and rental under the conditions that the operator shall invest a considerable amount of money for the rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of the plants to produce 41,406,178 kilowatt hours, install independent substation and power line to the national grid.
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