A €35 million feed-in tariff contract binding the country for 35 years awarded by the Nationalist government will not be signed, Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi said this evening.

Mr Mizzi said in Parliament on Monday that an audit investigation had found shameful irregularities in the contract, for the installation of photovoltaic panels on public buildings.

The contract provided for a feed-in tariff of 23c per electricity unit for 25 years. The feed-in tariff should have been 16c.

Yesteday, former Resources Minister George Pullicino wrote to the Police Commissioner asking him to investigate the claims made by Dr Mizzi.

The minister stood by his claims and said the tariff was proposed by the Spanish party in the Alberta consortium and the ministry issued a letter of intent approving the proposed feed-in tariff.

This evening the minister told journalists that following the internal investigations carried out, the contract, awarded prior to the election, shall not be signed.

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