The first generator of the 752 MW Punta Catalina coal-fired thermoelectric complex will go into operation during the last quarter of 2018, according to the executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jiménez Bichara. Jiménez stressed that the personnel of his agency has worked hard and “we are going to get to the finish line.”
Jimenez Bichara also said that the conflict between the CDEEE and the Odebrecht construction company over an additional US$708 million in the construction of the cold-fired facility is set for arbitration in the United States and they are awaiting a decision. He told reporters from the Diario Libre that “our position has been clear and as a result there have been no negotiations.”
Jimenez Bichara told the reporters that the country’s electricity needs grow by 125MW a year and that a similar project to the one in Punta Catalina will be necessary and should go online in the year 2022.
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Diario Libre
1 February 2018
