The Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras agreed unanimously by all municipal groups proposed United Left-Greens demand a solution that allows the feasibility of slurry treatment plants.
The Ministry of Industry of reporting in early February to the National Commission on Financial Markets and Competition (CNMC) a proposal to replace the current system of remuneration of the special regime (renewables, cogeneration and waste), based on production incentives for one based on a standard of "reasonable return" for the life of the slurry treatment plants, an issue that causes the industry pay 40% is reduced retroactively, and that would apply from July 2013, even without being approved, resulting in the impossibility of these facilities.
IU-Greens for the closure of these facilities would lead to a critical situation for the farms and in the affected areas, as these plants can ensure that proper management of manure, and continuity of operations, and would otherwise no alternatives to the Spanish pig sector.
Victor J. Romera Spokesperson IU-Greens in the city said that "there are important reasons to continue investing in the continuity of these cogeneration plants slurry treatment, as in rural areas, this investment has generated economic activity and creating jobs, both cogeneration plants and livestock farms "and his disappearance, he says," would cause significant losses in the sector. "
Source: IU-verdes Puerto Lumbreras