Monday, October 14, 2013

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:

KUTh Energy Loses Appeal on Saipan Geothermal Project (EIN)

Simplified geology map of Saipan
showing thermally anomalous water wells.
(Courtesy KUTh Energy)
The Saipan Office of the Public Auditor has rejected Australian-based KUTh Energy’s request for reconsideration of a decision to cancel a request for proposal for geothermal energy development on Saipan.

KUTh bagged the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.’s bid to develop geothermal energy on Saipan, only for that same request for proposal to be cancelled months later.

The Capital Improvement Project Office—not CUC—issued a new RFP later on, but for geothermal consulting services only.