A CPP lawmaker said yesterday the government has signed 13 payment
guarantees to companies constructing coal-fired power plants and
hydropower dams in the country, a move that an Asian Development Bank
(ADB) official reiterated was risky for the country’s fiscal future.
CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said the most recent payment guarantee
approved by the National Assembly last Friday on the $781 million Lower
Sesan 2 dam project in Stung Treng province is typical when any major
company makes an investment in an energy project. …
“It is the government’s obligation to do a guaranteed payment for
investment companies whenever Electricite du Cambodge [EdC] [might] miss
a payment or don’t pay the bill,” Mr. Yeap said. …read more from the link below.
By Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen: http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-has-13-payment-guarantees-for-energy-projects-11377/
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