Body formed to oversee efforts to boost Mindanao power supply

Business World Online

Posted on August 02, 2012 11:02:26 PM

MALACAÑANG has established a body that will coordinate government efforts to improve power supply in Mindanao, which yesterday saw a 149 megawatt deficiency.

The Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) will "monitor, harmonize and integrate recommendations designed to address the concerns of the Mindanao power industry sector," according to Executive Order No. 81, which President Benigno S. C. Aquino III signed last July 30.

"The President approved the formation of the MPMC since there is a need for a team or a body that will study the feasibility of recommendations to address the power situation in Mindanao," Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. said in a statement.

"It will ensure that coordination and monitoring are in place to better the power situation in Mindanao," Mr. Ochoa said, adding that MPMC will "develop a database on pertinent information regarding the power sector in Mindanao, assess the energy situation in the region and evaluate the viability of the recommendations put forward following the Mindanao power summit…"

The Mindanao Development Authority will head MPMC, which will have representatives from the Energy department, Energy Regulatory Commission, National Electrification Administration, National Power Corp., Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp., Mindanao Electric Power Alliance and the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives. -- NMG    source