{"id":236543,"date":"2016-08-03T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=236543"},"modified":"2016-08-03T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:20:21","slug":"parliament-passes-new-647m-400mw-power-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/parliament-passes-new-647m-400mw-power-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament passes new $647m 400MW power deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
Parliament today [Wednesday] passed a US$647 million power deal that will see Early Power Limited construct, fuel and maintain a 400 megawatt power plant.<\/p>\n
Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Duke Mensah Opoku reported that the 20-year deal was passed amidst vehement opposition from the Minority in parliament.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”U5kjEnlfyj8wB8mmkH5x79s5Oqd7R1qU”]Concerns had been raised that the stated total cost is exponentially higher than the average international cost of constructing such a plant in the industry.<\/p>\n Industry watchers say a 400 megawatt plant should on average cost around US$600 million.<\/p>\n Deal capped at\u00a0$647 million<\/strong><\/p>\n The Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor had been defending the power deal when it was proposed and he made further attempts to assure the House that it was in the interest of end users and also government.<\/p>\n He also noted that the amount was capped at $647 million.<\/p>\n According to Mr. Jinapor, \u201cIt is out there that Parliament is approving a $953 million project which is inaccurate.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe report says that the project is capped at $647 million so let no one go out there and create the impression that Parliament did not do a good job and that Parliament approved a $953 million project cost instead of the $647 million.\u201d<\/p>\n