STATE-RUN NATIONAL Power Corp. has awarded close to P500 million worth of contracts for the supply and delivery of oil-based fuel for its small power utilities group’s (Spug) power plants and barges.
Napocor documents showed that Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner and retailer, got the lion’s share of the deals with its contract worth P327.5 million.
Another contract worth P169.2 million was awarded to Filpride Resources Inc.
According to Napocor, both companies are expected to deliver fuel to the Spug facilities and power barges until December.
The government had targeted to purchase 17,296 kiloliters (kliters) of diesel fuel to serve the requirements of diesel-based power plants from September to December this year.
Of the fuel to be procured, the Napocor-Spug power plants and barges were expected to use up the bulk, or about 11,019 kliters, estimated to be worth P389 million.
The rest of the fuel would be shared among the other government-owned power plants, which would need 304 kliters, worth roughly P12.06 million; cluster plants would be provided with 183 kliters, worth P8.38 million; while modular plants were expected to use up 5,790 kliters, worth P204.3 million.
Napocor last awarded contracts worth P8.25 million in early August for the supply and delivery of fuel to Spug power plants, namely the Balabac and Calayan diesel power plants and the mini-grids at Camarines Sur and Guimaras.
As the sale and management of all the government-owned power plants and contracted capacities have already been turned over to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp., Napocor is now tasked to focus on providing electricity to remote areas that are not connected to any of the main grids through the Spug.
The Napocor-Spug currently operates 304 generating units with a total generated capacity of about 129 megawatts (MW). It serves 78 island grids and eight isolated grids providing electricity to 42 customers consisting of 39 electric cooperatives and three local government units.
Amy R. Remo
Napocor documents showed that Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner and retailer, got the lion’s share of the deals with its contract worth P327.5 million.
Another contract worth P169.2 million was awarded to Filpride Resources Inc.
According to Napocor, both companies are expected to deliver fuel to the Spug facilities and power barges until December.
The government had targeted to purchase 17,296 kiloliters (kliters) of diesel fuel to serve the requirements of diesel-based power plants from September to December this year.
Of the fuel to be procured, the Napocor-Spug power plants and barges were expected to use up the bulk, or about 11,019 kliters, estimated to be worth P389 million.
The rest of the fuel would be shared among the other government-owned power plants, which would need 304 kliters, worth roughly P12.06 million; cluster plants would be provided with 183 kliters, worth P8.38 million; while modular plants were expected to use up 5,790 kliters, worth P204.3 million.
Napocor last awarded contracts worth P8.25 million in early August for the supply and delivery of fuel to Spug power plants, namely the Balabac and Calayan diesel power plants and the mini-grids at Camarines Sur and Guimaras.
As the sale and management of all the government-owned power plants and contracted capacities have already been turned over to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp., Napocor is now tasked to focus on providing electricity to remote areas that are not connected to any of the main grids through the Spug.
The Napocor-Spug currently operates 304 generating units with a total generated capacity of about 129 megawatts (MW). It serves 78 island grids and eight isolated grids providing electricity to 42 customers consisting of 39 electric cooperatives and three local government units.
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