By Alena Mae S. Flores Posted on 09 Oct 2012 at 12:00am
Steag State Power Inc., operator of the 210-megawatt coal power plant in Misamis Oriental, is reviewing an option to shorten its maintenance shutdown to lessen outages in Mindanao.
Energy Undersecretary Josefina Asirit said she met with STEAG officials on Monday to discuss the company’s maintenance shutdown lasting until November 10.
STEAG, which operates the coal plant through a build-operate-transfer, closed down unit 1 with a capacity of 105 MW starting Oct. 6 to Nov. 4 and scheduled a shutdown of unit 2 (105 MW) from Oct. 29 to Nov. 10.
“They [STEAG] gave assurance of finishing maintenance within time given and will try even earlier so that overlap may be minimized,” Asirit said.
Electric cooperatives in Mindanao with no supply contracts with Therma Marine Inc., which owns two power barges in Mindanao with a capacity of 192 MW, and those that were unable to find other power sources are now suffering up to two-hour brownouts.
Asirit earlier said around 140 MW of the capacity of the Therma Marine power barges were being utilized. She said the cooperatives could tap 52 MW to address the impending shutdown of STEAG’s plant. source
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