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The physical work of the Chicoasén II hydropower plant, in the area of the Zoque of Chiapas, is stopped with a 17% advance whereas it should exceed 80%, so CFE, Semarnat and Conagua explore "reconstructing" the project in the Selva Lacandona where studies began to build the dam of Santo Domingo.
On a tour of the construction site of Chicoasén II it was possible to see the presence of guards and some workers, but also abandonment general works, remains of burned vehicles and, in general, desolation in the field of work.
Construction personnel refuses to make statements and the only thing that they say is that they are "hired by the construction companies and do not know when the" engineers "will allow the return to work, because people have already gone looking for work in the North." [19659003] The physical work of the hydroelectric plant Chicoasén II is stopped with a 17% advance when it should exceed 80%; investment to continue the work has increased between $ 70 and $ 208 million in addition to the original contract price, for which the CFE offers to compensate construction companies of an amount greater than $ 100 million.
Background
One of the triggers for the temporary suspension of work is social conflict, mainly between service providers and the transportation of equipment, an article in which the CFE "invested" five million dollars, or 100 million pesos union leaders and regional organizations defending their properties.
Therefore, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), which since the reform of energy has private capital, is looking for a viable solution with the companies involved Omega Construcciones Industriales SA de CV . Sinohydro Costa Rica S.A .; Development and Urban Constructions S.A. of C.V., and CAABSA Infraestructura S.A. of CV, and a fraction subcontracted to Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) for the damages and for the early termination of the contract.
The project Chicoasén II, with a maximum budgeted by the CFE of 559 million 242 thousand dollars, is part of the 23 strategic projects of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in the federal administration that peaks in 2018, so the "problem" will be inherited by the new federal administration.
The amount of investment declared in the portfolio of 442 million dollars could not be increased by more than 20%, to be in the parameters of profitability and keep positive numbers, however increased.
The project already has an additional cost that, at the last cut, exceeds $ 70 million, exceeding the "profitability" parameters of the cost-benefit ratio, since it could reach the $ 208 million surplus , confirmed CFE figures, union leaders, the municipality of Chicoasén, the workers and the inhabitants of the region.
Region
In this context, the city of Chicoasén "has never received money for work, has not received social projects as claimed by the builders who dared declare that they have invested 105 million pesos in the municipality, "said the municipal president of Chicoasén, Benjamín Hernández Pérez.
However, the mayor's credibility is not the best. Suffice it to recall that he was recently moored by the inhabitants of Colonia Zoquipac, who asked him to refuse drinking water services and maintain opacity in the management of public resources intended to population.
CFE
Electricity (CFE) is of "temporary suspension of work to resolve assignments derived from social manifestations". This in 2016.
And did union demands result in the closure of the work more than 20 times, intermittently, which forced the Federal Electricity Commission to declare the temporary and partial closure of the work, details a communication internal of the CFE in 2016.
Consulted CFE Superintendency in Chiapas, confirmed that the subject, since the Energy Reform in the country, is managed directly by the regional management and that the State can not offer any information, because in addition two different operating directions were created
Unions
In the works area, having surpassed the conflicts with the settlers, the biggest challenge was to get rid unions that demanded to be contracted for the transport of equipment, reaching irrational points, burning trucks and closing the entrance to the works area.
In addition, the Ejidal Committee of Ejido Básicos del Ejido Chicoasén denounced the lack of respect of the agreements since the 1980s, after the construction of the hydroelectric dam of Manuel Moreno Torres, known as "Chicoasén I."
The clash reached such a point that clashes took place between truck builders and workers access to the construction of the dam, accusing local deputy Maria de Jesus Olvera Mejía of pushing the road ahead. confrontation, to demand resources in exchange for "reassuring" the unions.
Federation
In this way, the physical work is CFE in light of the Energy Reform is "tied up" because it needs investor consensus, and the "suspension" will be extended up to # 39 that the new administration of the federal government determines public policies on the development of energy, which, according to the president-elect virtual Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, implies the imminent transfer of the hundred CFE in Chiapas
In this sense, the office of the CFE in Chiapas said that it was for the moment a political declaration and that they continued to work with the current regulatory framework .
Economía
Meanwhile, economist Alberto Figueroa, a researcher from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), explained that the Chicoasén II dam represented a regional but only temporary economic detonator , so the population of the area returned to its "usual projects", which are marked by the supply of labor in the north and west of the country.
Regarding the transfer of CFE to Chiapas, explained that the arrival itself would not represent more than a surplus of hirings Immediately, which is really relevant, it is the public policies of contracting, commercial invoicing and explosion of alternative energy projects, so before analyzing the transfer of CFE, it is necessary to know the public policies on energy which, for the moment, has not exposed in depth the virtual elected federal government.
"We as university collaborators have been included in the impact study and we have been informed that, for the moment, the project is stopped, that it n & # 39; There is no money and they will wait for the transition of the Presidency of the Republic to decide to cancel, restart or migrate to the Santo Domingo River New dam
It is advisable to mention that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) contributed to the request for analysis of the environmental impact of a new dam called "Santo Domingo" that was built in the jungle of Lacandon of Chiapas, which could replace "Chicoasén II".
However, obviously this new project would present much more difficulties while the leaders of the communities of the jungle of Lacandon declared that they "will authorize the designers entrance but they will never go out because no dam will be built in the mother Selva Lacandona. "
The hydroelectric project that is to be built in municipalities or Maravilla Tenejapa is being analyzed by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).
The new dam would be built in the cities of Loma Bonita and Las Nubes, in the municipality of Maravilla Tenejapa, with the newspaper number 09 / MG-0266/06/18 and code: 07CH2018E0016, under the name of "Hydroelectric Project for the production of water". renewable energy in Santo Domingo ", using the waters of the Lacandona Basin, in particular the Santo Domingo River.
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