Company says it could lower electric rates if ICE stops stalling
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July 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Companies which plan to produce wind energy are discrediting statements made by the president of the Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE), in which the executive stated it would take two to three years to bring the projects online, and that they would no affect energy costs.
The companies include Tila Wind, in Tilarán, which was one of the companies chosen in December 2012 along with other providers, to produce a total of 140 megawatts of wind energy.
“We’ve been sitting down with ICE for the past three weeks, with its legal department, with don Martin Vindas and Electrical Planning, demanding that [ICE] proceeds with the signing of the contract because our project is ready to be built this year and inaugurated in December, giving the national energy system electricity at $0.0865 per kilowatt hour. That’s half the price per KWh which is generated at the Central Valley wind project, which generates at $0.22 per Kwh,” said Carlos Graffigna, a spokesperson for Tila Wind.
Graffigna does not agree with the statement by the president of ICE that the projects would take another three years to reach generation and that they would not affect consumer prices. “Our project, if I had the signature of ICE last week, would be launched in December of this year,” Graffigna said.
“ICE has a signed letter of intent with us in which they are required to sign a contract with our company the moment the project is ready to be built,” Graffigna added.
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