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Myanmar Power Barges: Legal and Tax Issues

May 28, 2019

Lack of electricity generation and the growing demand in power supply have led the government of Myanmar to resort to short-term power rental projects to feed electricity into the grid as early as 2014 when the government awarded a number of power rental projects to companies such as Aggreko and APR Energy.

Highlights of this note

Background
Typical features of rental power purchase agreements
Investment licensing and tax treatment
Some issues around licensing requirements

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AUTHOR

Private: Charles Magdelaine
Counsel

Charles is a lawyer qualified to practice in Paris and educated in France, the United States and China. He has extensive experience in Southeast Asia where he has worked on a wide range of energy and infrastructure projects, as well as on regulatory reforms, notably on PPP projects. He is currently advising a wide range of sponsors on renewable and non-renewable power projects.
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KEYWORDS

Build Own Operate (BOO), Department of Marine Administration (DMA), Electricity, Environmental, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), EPGE, Gas-fired projects, Independent Power Projects (IPP), MIC, MOEE, MONREC, Myanmar Investment Law (MIL)

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