by Madelaine B. Miraflor December 8,
2015
Only 10 interested companies have
participated in the government’s bidding of the 850-megawatt (MW) Sucat Thermal
Power Plant (STPP), which has four generating units that had been
decommissioned in years 2000 and 2002
“Ten of 12 prospective bidders
participated in the pre-bid conference for the second round of bidding for the
structures, plant equipment, auxiliaries and accessories of the decommissioned
850-MW STPP,” Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM)
Corporation said on Tuesday.
In 2014, the plant, which is located
in Muntinlupa City, had undergone a failed bidding process because of alleged
fake documents submitted by the highest bidder.
It was just early last month when
state-run PSALM started the rebidding process for STPP, giving interested
bidders until November 23 for the privatization of the Sucat facility.
PSALM scheduled the auction for the
Sucat thermal power facility on February 15 next year.
In its invitation to bid, PSALM
specifically prescribed that the facility’s site shall be made ready for a
greenfield gas plant by 2018, stressing that such timeframe has been harmonized
with the proposed implementation of the Batangas-Manila (BatMan) high pressure
gas pipeline project that is underpinned by state policy.
“The disposal of the STPP is in
support of the DOE’s [Department of Energy] natural gas master plan,” PSALM
president Lourdes Alzona said in an earlier report.
“The disposal and site cleanup is
synchronized with the Master Plan schedule which indicates that the STPP land
should be available by mid-2018 for the construction/operation of a combined
cycle gas turbine power plant,” she added.
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