Commercial Operation of Canchayllo Achieved

2 January 2015

Rurelec PLC

("Rurelec" or "the Company")

Commercial operation of Canchayllo achieved

The Directors of Rurelec PLC (AIM: RUR), the owner, operator and developer of power generation capacity internationally, are pleased to announce that the 5.3 MW hydroelectric plant owned by its 93% indirect subsidiary Empresa de Generacion Electrica Canchayllo S.A.C. has received its commercial operations certificate and formally entered service in accordance with its power purchase agreement on 31 December 2014.

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