Power supplier consultant blasts ‘smear campaign’
BACOLOD City – A “smear campaign” was how a consultant for a power supplier described the various issues being leveled against him.
It is “regrettable” that a private individual without government or political affiliation like him is being subjected to such, said David Tan of Central Negros Power Reliability, Inc. ( Cenpri), a subsidiary of Energreen Power Development and Management, Inc.
One of the issues involves the power supply contract between Energreen and Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco).
Tan, a technical consultant f or Energreen’s project implementer, was being blamed for the delayed delivery of the contracted power. Energreen was also accused of billing Ceneco for unused power.
Energreen — through a diesel plant i n Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental — shall deliver 18.9 megawatts (MW) of “peak and reserve” for 15 years, based on the deal it struck with Ceneco on Aug. 5, 2013.
Tan said Energreen already explained the causes of the delay: challenges in getting permits, power plant construction and weather, among others.
The power supplier has so far delivered 12.6 MW from three engines. Again, the consultant said Energreen aims to deliver the remaining 6.3 MW this March when the plant’s fourth engine operates.
Tan also elaborated on the issue that Energreen was allegedly billing Ceneco for unused power.
Part of their agreement was for the supplier to provide “power reliability capacity standby,” which means Ceneco shall be charged with the “standby rate” even if it does not use the contracted power, Tan said.
But Ceneco disagreed with this, prompting Energreen to seek intervention from the Energy Regulatory Commission ( ERC) by filing a petition for dispute resolution in December 2016, Tan said. The case is