BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Aug. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Pampa
Energía S.A. ('Pampa' or the 'Company'; NYSE: PAM; BCBA: PAMP)
announces that the Wholesale Electricity Market Company ('CAMMESA')
granted the commercial operation of the Thermal Power Plant Parque
Pilar, pursuant to the Wholesale Power Purchase Agreement (the
'PPA') signed between CAMMESA and Pampa as awardee to the Tender
for New Generation Capacity stipulated in the Secretariat of
Electric Energy Resolution No. 21/2016.
The plant's inauguration was carried out today with the presence
of Argentina's President
Mauricio Macri, the Governor of
Buenos Aires Province María Eugenia
Vidal, the Minister of Energy and Mining Juan José
Aranguren, the mayor of Pilar Nicolás Ducoté, as well as all
Pampa's management, among other authorities.
The project, which consisted in building a new thermal power
plant in the Pilar Industrial Complex (Pilar, Province of
Buenos Aires), installing 6
Wärtsilä engines of ultimate generation and high efficiency, with a
total installed capacity of 100 MW and able to fire either natural
gas or fuel oil.
It is worth highlighting that said commissioning was achieved
before the scheduled date agreed in the PPA, thus corresponding
supply obligations began to be effective. Moreover, with this new
addition Pampa has 10 power generation plants and 3,638 MW of
installed capacity in Argentina.
For further information, contact:
Gustavo Mariani –
Vice-President
Ricardo Torres –
Vice-President
Mariano Batistella –Planning,
Strategy and Affiliates Executive Director
Lida Wang – Investor
Relations Officer
Maipú 1, (C1084ABA), Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Phone: +54 (11) 4344 6000
http://www.pampaenergia.com/ir
investor@pampaenergia.com
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