All energy agreements signed by the government should be published and not only the one sealed last week with a Chinese State-owned company, PN deputy leader Mario de Marco said yesterday.

His call was made ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary debate on the deal signed with Shanghai Electric Power that will pave the way for an injection of €320 million into Enemalta in return for a 33 per cent stake in the debt-ridden corporation.

The agreement also provides for the acquisition of the BWSC plant, which the Chinese company is committing to convert from heavy fuel oil to gas at its own expense.

The deal with SEP lacks any time frames

In addition, two companies with joint shareholding by SEP and Enemalta would be set up. One would be an energy service centre for Shanghai’s power plants in the region and the other a joint venture operating in the renewable energy sector. Dr de Marco said the Opposition could not go into a debate without knowing the bigger picture. He therefore called for the publication of the agreement on the purchase of the BWSC plant by SEP, Enemalta’s seven-year business plan, the deal signed with Electrogas for the construction of a new power plant and the two power purchase agreements with the Chinese company and Electrogas.

“The Electrogas deal is relevant in view of the fact that the government has partly attributed the delay to finalise the agreement with the Chinese company to a number of issues with the consortium tasked to build the new gas-fired power plant,” Dr de Marco said.

He added that the agreement signed last week with SEP lacked any time frames on the conversion of the BWSC plant and the payments due to the Maltese government.

He expressed concern that Enemalta’s employees did not feature anywhere in the agreement. Dr de Marco urged the Prime Minister to come clean over his trip to Azerbaijan, saying the people had only learnt about it through the media.

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