EC clarifies solar project awards

Ahmad Fauzi: ‘We would want people offering the lowest prices for the development of all these sustainable energy projects.’

Commission says apart from lowest cost, new firms chosen to encourage more players into industry

PUTRAJAYA: The Energy Commission (EC), which has come under unwarranted attention for awarding large-scale solar power plant projects to lesser known companies with little expertise in the field, said a bidder prepared to supply electricity at the least cost was the primary criteria.