The US$18 million contract recently inked between the power company and Wartsila for the provision of a further 15.68 megawatts in generation capacity was not publicly tendered, but is the extension of a proposal Warstila made last year when it provided the 20.7 megawatt plant, Bharrat Dindyal says.
When contacted, Dindyal, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) said Wartsila made the proposal to provide additional generation last year at the time it was providing the 20.7 MW engines for the Kingston plant. He said that by agreeing to Wartsila’s proposal, “a locked in price”
