FREE: If Putrajaya’s interference in fact drove the EC’s decisions in two recent contracts, then clearly Putrajaya isn’t interested in keeping to its 2005 promise of pursuing open tender for new power project awards.
Kill EC or free it, but stop smothering it
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The energy Commission had broken the promise of pursuing open tender in awarding new power plants twice this year, signalling a regression in the power sector. But this seems due to interference, and it begs the question why we need to keep a regulator that isn’t even allowed to do its job properly.
