A few days before the entry into force of the new General Law on the Electricity Industry, which prevents Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica from making contracts without using a tender process, the Board of Directors of the company has approved the purchase of 560 MW.
After two failed attempts, the National Electric Power Company (Empresa Nacional De Energía Eléctrica) will launch a tender to repair cracks in the El Cajon hydroelectric station.
This new competition will be international because there aren't any companies in the country with sufficient experience to perform the repair work with responsibility, as required by law.
Drastic changes shown by the new government in the way it manages energy contracts will culminate in an international tender.
The government of Juan Orlando Hernandez is preparing the groundwork for an international tender for the purchase of energy for supply within two years.
As of March 3rd the energy supply will come from companies in Guatemala.
Honduran authorities have denied the announcement made by Grupo Luz y Fuerza de San Lorenzo (Lufussa) regarding an alleged agreement between the two companies. The Government is continuing with its objective of obtaining competitive prices for the supply of energy, and although it has not broken the negotiation, the offer submitted by Lufussa has not been accepted.
Renewable energy producers are complaining of indifference on the part of the National Electric Power Company, which has still not signed the supply contracts.
After the failure of two tenders for the repair of cracks in El Cajon, the contract for approximately $30 million will be awarded directly.
Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE) has $30 million available to carry out the work."We have to look at the parameters and see if the law allows us to negotiate a contract directly. When you do not have any bidders, you take the ones that are there and follow the path with them directly," said Emil Hawitt, manager of the company.
The second tender for repairing the cracks in the El Cajon hydroelectric station has been declared void because bidders lacked the required technical ability.
This is the second time that the tender to repair the leaks in the curtain and the rocky walls of the hydroelectric station Francisco Morazán, better known as "El Cajon", has been declared void by Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE).
On September 24, a Honduran delegation will travel to China to finalize the signing of the $295 million loan that will enable the realization of the hydroelectric project.
"The loan, including all expenses, will have an interest rate of 5.44% over 15 years with a three year grace period.
With financial support from the Colombian Union of Energy Workers, ENEE employees could take over the company's distribution network.
The Union of Workers of the National Electricity Company (STENEE) has submitted to the Union of Workers of the National Power Industry (UTEN) of Colombia a technical and financial proposal for the development of a project called "Optimization of the distribution network to assure ENEE revenue".
Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica announced that it is preparing a tender for the supply of 300 MW of coal-fired power.
According to the manager of Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (ENEE), Emil Hawit, "we want to launch a tender for 300 megawatts of coal and the team is preparing the specifications. All ENEE technicians are working on this and then a Central American consultant will be hired. In Guatemala they have had experience in reconversion for 14 years. "
The transmission and distribution of electricity could be given in concession in order to reduce the losses of the National Electric Power Company (Empresa Nacional de Energía Eléctrica).
Laprensa.hn reports that "a report by the National Electricity Company (ENEE), indicates that at the end of 2012 there was an imbalance between resources and expenses, generating a deficit of $169 million, as the level expenses ($1.147 billion), both capital and current, exceeded current revenue ($979 million). This deficit was financed through the use of financial sources (transactions with financial liabilities). "
The projects Jicatuyo, Los Llanitos and El Aguán, with a combined potential of 600 MW, have become stalled because the state can not provide its share of funding.
Laprensa.hn reports that "... Jicatuyo and Los Llanitos, in the department of Santa Barbara, were identified 32 years ago. When Congress approved their construction in 2009, it said it would be ready in four years, to date, progress is zero. "
After denouncing the existence of a 25 year concession contract to a Colombian company, authorities have noted that this concession should be awarded using competitive bidding.
After allegations that a concession contract with a term for 25 years for public lighting in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula had been signed with Colombia's Gestión Energética S.A. E.S.P. (Gensa), an article in the Elheraldo.hn on July 24 states that the manager of the National Electricity Company (ENEE), Emil Hawit, said that "the maintenance contract for electric lighting must be awarded through public bidding."
Lack of contribution to the system by the company Westport will make contracting electricity services indispensible in order to meet the demand for the rest of 2012 and the end of next year.
An article in Elheraldo.hn reports that "The National Electricity Company (ENEE) is looking at contracting about 40 megawatts of power generated by thermal plants or to buy it from local firms operating in Guatemala, in light of the breach of contract by the company Westport in meeting the demand for electricity in three regions.
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