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Napocor renews call for firms to generate power for Marinduque

BY: MAYDA N. LAGRAN

BOAC, Marinduque, Sept 8 (PIA): The National Power Corporation (Napocor) is urging the public to help encourage private sector to take over the power generation in Marinduque.

The President of Napocor, Ma. Gladys Sta. Rita herself made the call, during the Marinduque Electric Cooperative’s (MARELCO) 35th Annual General Membership Assembly.

With the employment of renewable…

Brownout! Power outage. Unexplainably inexplicably indescribably Power-outed wala namang ulan wala namang bagyo wala namang sumabog May nag-trip na namang power lines bad trip xxxxxxxxxxxxx

“I’m waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust

The description of Mindanao as the “Land of Promise” coined during the Magsaysay administration when the government was trying to convince people from Luzon and the Visayas to migrate to this major southern island group is very appropriate.

Indeed, after more than 50 years, Mindanao can still be described as the “Land of Promise” as the government-promised progress and development is still that – mostly a promise.

It is good to note, however, that the Mindanao power crisis that other national political personalities have joined Mindanao political leaders in asking the government to do something to address the situation in the light of prospects that the power shortage problem instead of getting better is growing worse.

Among those who have expressed concern about the worsening power situation in Mindanao is San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada, who must have seen the situation in Mindanao firsthand in his trips to Mindanao in preparation for his senatorial bid.

Ejercito-Estrada said we should all realize that the problem of Mindanao affects the whole Philippines.  He said: “Mindanaoans are now reeling from the failure of the government to act on the power crisis two years ago, when the problem was easier to solve. The government wasted precious time.”

He supported the call of Mindanao leaders for the immediate rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangui hydropower complex which supplies more than half of Mindanao’s power supply. The hydropower complex is currently producing only 635 megawatts of its 982 megawatt capacity due to the heavy siltation of the rivers that power the complex.

He said the reduction of power supply to Mindanao could cripple business activities in the region. “Power outages will lower the productivity of local businesses and harm Mindanao’s economy. These power outages are definitely an injustice to businessmen and consumers alike.”

(Manila Standard Today)        

Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. said Tuesday it plans to sell the non-energy related assets of National Power Corp., including resorts and recreation facilities in Quezon City, Laguna, Cavite and Bataan.

PSALM vice president Conrad Tolentino says that the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 allows the privatization of all disposable assets of Napocor.