| Zambosur
pursues hydro power generation
Zamboanga
del Sur is keen to generate its own hydro power plant in anticipation
of a looming power energy by 2010.
Governor Auring E. Cerilles as she presided the 124th regular
meeting of the Regional Development Council (RDC) remarked:
“This is a very important project for Zamboanga del
Sur to boost power supply in the province that would lessen
its dependence on the National Power Corporation in case it
experience energy generation crisis.”
The lady governor cited a forecast made by experts that in
the coming years there will be energy crisis in Mindanao.
Having a potential hydro power source at a lake Biswangan,
Lakewood, her administration wants to put up a 5-megawatt
hydro power plant to supply energy requirement in the province.
Determined to push through with this project, Governor Cerilles
disclosed to the body that she would seek assistance straight
from President Arroyo to fund the conduct of feasibility study
(FS) with the fact that she and the President only have less
than two years at the helm. “We should be one in this
endeavor and we have to act fast and do something about it,”
she stressed to the members of the RDC.
Moreover, Presidential Adviser for Mindanao Affairs Ferdinand
Mahusay also suggested that after the FS is done, RDC should
endorse it to PGMA for her to certify as priority project
for Zamboanga del Sur.
It may be known that before this energy crisis projection
was publicly reported, in July 31 last year, the Provincial
Development Council passed Resolution No. 5 series of 2007
requesting then Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael
Lotilla though the RDC to allocate P200-M for the proposed
construction of Lakewood mini-hydro power plant.
The RDC for its part, favorably endorsed it to the Department
of Energy (DOE) for possible funding even for the conduct
of the Feasibility Study. However, DOE’s response was
futile for the RDC to refer it back to the proponent –
Zamboanga del Sur provincial government.
On
the one hand, Jose Raul A. Saniel, Zamsureco-I general manager
and a private sector representative to the RDC for the province
vouched his strong support for the proposed project. He said
Zamsureco-I, for one, is pursuing its own 6-megawatt hydro
power plant in Josefina which can generate as much as 18-23
megawatts.
Saniel
said so as not to be totally affected by an energy crisis,
Zamboanga del Sur having its potential power source much cultivate
and utilize it.
If these two projects are realized, Governor Cerilles said
her province would have a hydro power plant in the First District
and at the Second District as well. (Remai S. Alejado/ppb/pgo).
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