Energy supplier gets approval

China Hong Kong Power Development, 50 per cent owned by China Power International Holdings, has received the green light from the central government to supply electricity to Hong Kong from mainland plants but is still awaiting SAR approval.

'We've received formal notices late last year from State Electricity Regulatory Commission and the central government's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office that using mainland's resources to supply electricity to Hong Kong are lawful,' Li Xiaolin, vice-chairman of CPI Holdings said yesterday. She would not say when it would get Hong Kong's approval.