Kevin Manning, general manager of Generadora Itabo, has announced a US$125 million expansion to their generating capacity using charcoal in the steam-powered units located in Haina. This is expected to enable the company to produce power at a lower cost. Generadora Itabo is the Gener/Chile and Coastal Power Generaton/USA consortium that won a US$177.8 million bid for the Itabo power plants. AES/USA recently took over Gener/Chile. AES is the second largest power distributor in the DR.
