Philipsburg:--- The government of St. Maarten is considering holding the supervisory board of GEBE responsible for its' managements' non compliance in providing information and its' tariff structure to Government announced Minister of Energy and Water Theodore Heyliger at the Council of Ministers press conference on Wednesday. Minister Heyliger said the government of St. Maarten sent numerous letters to the management of GEBE requesting information on its plans to rectify the constant water loss which is at the expense of the people of St. Maarten but to date that information was not sent to them. Heyliger said that the letter that was sent to the supervisory board indicated that government will take the necessary steps to hold them (supervisory board) responsible for its' managements' in action. Heyliger said government is also looking into ways to hold the foundation that manages GEBE responsible for the company's failure. He clarified that while there is public perception that Government is the shareholder representative, it is the foundation that governs GEBE that holds the share and that he said has placed government in a peculiar position. Heyliger said the only instrument government has at its disposal and can use to bring GEBE to order is its concession with government. The Minister said he also indicated to the board of directors that if management failed to comply with the ten points he addressed to them in his letters then government will seek to cancel its concession agreement. Three of the five letters were sent to GEBE on July 19th addressing both the water loss and the tariff structure for electricity. In the letters sent to GEBE, the Minister said the water loss has increased from 22% to 34.4% which resulted from GEBE's negligence. So far government does not have GEBE plans on how they intend to reduce the water losses. According to the projections, the company is losing 1.7 million guilders per M3 per year with the minimum value of Naf. 500,000.00 per year, therefore government believes that the losses should be at GEBE's account due to their own inefficiencies. Click here to view the letter sent to GEBE by the Minister of Energy and Water on Electricity Concession. Click here to view the letter sent to GEBE by the Minister of Energy and Water on Water Supply Agreement. Click here to view the letter sent to GEBE by the Minister of Energy and Water to Supervisory Board.