The amount paid to Aksa in three years can be taken as a loan and a power plant of the same size can be built

While the electricity cuts that occurred simultaneously throughout the country for a long time drew the reaction of the citizens, Aksa's presence in the country began to be questioned again. While the Presidency of the Court of Accounts revealed all the distortions of Aksa and the extent of the financial losses it caused to the country in its report dated February 6, 2012, the experts underlined the view that the same size power plant could be built by taking the amount paid to Aksa in three years as a loan.

Aksa, on July 12, 2000, Dr. He came to the TRNC with the UBP-TKP government, headed by Derviş Eroğlu. After the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Turkey, with its decision dated September 20, 2000 and numbered 2000/1405, made a decision on the establishment of a 20 megawatt mobile power plant in Northern Cyprus and its operation for 5 years by leasing and receiving services, an additional protocol was made.

With the additional protocol, the installed power of the power plant, unlike the tender, is 20 megawatts (MW) of 30 MW and the purchase guarantee is 175 million 200 thousand kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, effective from 1 July 2004, to 262 million 800 thousand kWh annually. removed. Again, unlike the tender, the contract, which will be valid for 5 years and which should have expired in 2008, was extended for 2 more years and the expiry date was taken to 2010.

PRODUCTION STARTED IN 2003

The company started electricity generation on September 19, 2003, at the Electricity Power Plant, which it established close to the fuel oil facilities in Kalecik, with a power of 35 MW during the UBP-DP period.

The CTP-DP government, under the premiership of Mehmet Ali Talat, signed an additional protocol with the company on 8 October 2004. In the additional protocol; Annual purchase guarantee from January 1, 2005; It has been committed to increase from 262 million 800 thousand kWh to 350 million 400 thousand kWh. Also in the protocol, “It is made by Aksa Energy Production Inc. will be carried out by Kıb-Tek; Subject to the completion of the 152 kV high voltage overhead line to be built between Kalecik - Geçitkale - Dikmen, it has been committed to increase it to 481 million 800 thousand kWh annually as of July 1, 2005 and to 525 million 600 thousand kWh annually as of July 1, 2006. it was said.

AHMET UZUN'S “GOALCIK II AGREEMENT” DURING THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

This time, Aksa's contract was increased to 700 million kWh annually under the name of “Kalecik II Contract” by the CTP-ORP government, of which Ferdi Sabit Soyer was the prime minister and Ahmet Uzun was the finance minister, and the contract expiry date was February 2024. and a 3-year extension option. With this contract, Aksa discussions rose to the highest level.

AKSA CAN BUY ITS PLANTS CONSTRUCTED

Since the agreement is not a build-operate-transfer model, Aksa may take away the power plants it has made if the contract is not renewed. Aksa intends to increase its capacity by 33 MW in total by installing 3 units of 11 MW power at Kalecik Power Plant until March 1, 2012. From the date of the request, it has requested to be increased to 900 million kWh per year.

TCA REVEALED AKSA'S CRACKS

The Kıb-Tek Board of Directors of the period approved the request, subject to the affirmative opinion of the Presidency of the Court of Accounts. With its report dated 6 February 2012, the Presidency of the Turkish Court of Accounts revealed all the distortions of Aksa and the extent of the financial losses it caused to the country. Despite the report of the Court of Accounts, Sunat Atun, the minister responsible for energy at the time, put the decision of the Kıb-Tek Board of Directors to increase the purchase guarantee given to the agenda of the Council of Ministers, could not get the decision he wanted from the Council of Ministers. The experts who gave information to the Cyprus Post on the subject stated that if 8 generators were to be purchased as much as Aksa's installed power in the country, the amount to be paid would be 60 million dollars.

PROFIT OVER $420 MILLION DUE TO KALECİK II CONTRACT...

It is recorded that the amount to be paid to Aksa as profit from the signing of the Kalecik II contract to the contract expiry date is over 420 million dollars. While it was stated that the same generators owned by Aksa are also available in Teknecik Power Plant, it was stated that 1 kWh of energy purchased from Aksa is approximately 4 US cents/kWh more expensive than the identical power plants of Kıb-Tek.

A POWER PLANT OF THE SAME SIZE CAN BE BUILT WITH THE AMOUNT PAID TO AKSA AS PROFIT IN 3 YEARS

It was underlined that if Kıb-Tek were allowed to build their own power plants, instead of paying an extra $28 million annually for power plants that Aksa would never be able to own, there would be enough capacity to not face the production problem today, and the public would also have the opportunity to consume cheaper energy. .

The experts reveal the fact that the amount paid to Aksa in three years can be taken as a bank loan and the power plant investment of the same size can be made by Kıb-Tek.