US Military Wants Long-Term Infrastructure
Oct 02, 2011 18:19 EDT
Over $800M in contracts. (Sept 30/11)
Most people never see services like wastewater management and water distribution, maintenance of the electric grid, etc. The cost is built into their taxes and utility bills, or into initial subdivision fees. Military bases have to deal with these sorts of issues, just as homeowners and developer do – but on a much larger scale. The preference in the US military seems to be shifting toward very long term (about 50 year) term fixed-price or regulated tariff contracts, often coupled with partial privatization or conveyance of assets, in order to make the contractor 100% responsible for the utility.
This Spotlight article covers billions of dollars in contracts that fall under this format, from 2007 to the present…
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- Tracking of hundreds of millions of dollars in service contract awards to Champion Energy Services, Nueces Electric, Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, Augusta Utilities Department, Doyon Utilities, and more
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