During 2011 the management of the Gas Division was under the responsibility of the Chief Projects Officer. As from January 2012 the Division is once again under the responsibility of the Chief Commercial Officer. The year 2011 was the first entire year during which the responsibility for the importation of LPG was handed over to Liquigas/Gasco, following the agreement of July 2010. Therefore during 2011 the involvement of Enemalta was limited to operating the Qajjenza storage and bottling plant on behalf of Liquigas. The workforce at the Division continued depleting due to the retirement of employees. No new employees were engaged, which means that more overtime by employees from the Electricity Division had to be
employed. The total number of employees at the Division is now down to 24 and there are between 6 and 7 employees on overtime from the Electricity Division on a daily basis. It is envisaged that the new Gasco storage and bottling plant in Beng˙isa is commissioned during the summer of 2012. Once this is commissioned, Gasco are contractually obliged to decommission the existing Qajjenza plant and take in employment with them any employees who opt not to remain in employment with Enemalta. Following this, Enemalta will be out of the LPG business until November 2041, as per the concession agreement signed with Gasco.
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