This
clarification was made by SRPI following reports that the Zamcelco cannot enter
into any other power supply, like solar power, because its contract with SRPI.
This
issue cropped up as some Zamcelco officials refused to entertain or consider
offers for power by other entities.
Months
ago, the president of a Solar Company offered to put up a power plant in this
using solar heat to generate electricity.
The
company said they will put up the solar power plants at their own expenses and
sell electricity at cheaper rates to Zamcelco, on condition that Zamcelco
provide them with the land where the plant will be set up.
A
similar offer was said made to the city government, but some local elected
officials nonchalantly ignored the offer.
This
as, Mr. Joseph Nocuz of the SRPI said that the contract entered by
and between Zamcelco and SRPI is not “exclusive”.
“The
answer is no, Zamcelco is free to contract to anybody
else, “ Nocuz said .
Nocuz
said that SRPI is not preventing Zamcelco if they wanted to enter into
another contract with any other power agencies – suppliers.
“There
is nothing in the contract that prevents s Zamcelco to enter into
contract with other power agencies , “
At
the city council, city legal officer ex Judge Jesus Carbon said that while the
Zamcelco-SRPI contract is non-exclusive, it is binding on both parties.
(Letty M. Militante ) (110714)
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