Morupule B repairs to cost P1.5bn
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Raleru
Government has short and long-term repair plans for the troubled power plant, which will take between 10 months and three years respectively. It is expected that by 2019, together with other developments, the country will be self sufficient in electricity.
Appearing before a hostile Statutory Bodies and State Enterprise Committee yesterday, Raleru revealed that an additional P1.2 billion was needed for the remediation exercise, which has come about as a result of poor workmanship, lack of compliance to the design and the use of poor quality material.
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