THE Government is considering other options to obtain electricity, apart from extending the contracts of the first generation independent power producers (IPPs), which will expire between 2015 and 2017, said Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.
“There are a few IPPs that are going to expire (and) my thinking is that, upon expiry, the machines and equipment are still in working order and can run for five or six more years,” said Shaziman in an interview recently. “So, why must we scrap and waste them if we can get cheap electricity without having to build greenfield plants?”