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The Manuel Piar Hydroelectric Power Plant (Tocoma Dam) is under construction and it is the last hydroelectric development project in the Lower Caroní River Basin of Venezuela. The project includes the installation of 2160 MW to generate an annual average energy of 12100 GWh. Ten Kaplan generator units of 216 MW manufactured by Argentinian company IMPSA are predicted to begin operations between 2012 and 2014. The first generator was installed in April 2012.