IN a Senate budget hearing on Thursday, October 10, Energy Undersecretary Rowena Guevara disclosed that the Department of Energy (DoE) had initiated the process to terminate 21 of the 42 solar energy service contracts that have been awarded to Solar Philippines New Energy Corp. (SPNEC) and its various subsidiaries, due to non-delivery of the expected projects. The controversy has exposed some loopholes in the DoE's green energy development program, but to the department's credit, it seems to have recognized them and taken steps to eliminate them, beginning with firm and appropriate action with respect to the unfulfilled SPNEC contracts.
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