By Danessa O. Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated January 14, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The Department
of Energy (DOE) is revisiting other options to implement the long-delayed
P10.528-billion Batangas-Manila natural gas pipeline of the Philippine National
Oil Co. (PNOC), a Cabinet official said yesterday.
On the sidelines of the Energy
Policy and Development Program conference yesterday, Socioeconomic secretary
Arsenio Balisacan said the DOE raised certain issues on the said project and
asked for an opportunity to present these findings to the Cabinet-level
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board.
“(Energy) Secretary (Zenaida)
Monsada wrote us expressing an opportunity to present her side. We are waiting
for that opportunity so that she will inform the members of the Cabinet about
her observations on the project, what suggestions she would make,” he said.
Specifically, the agency wanted to
present other options in implementing the project, the Cabinet official noted.
“We want it to be a PPP
(public-private partnership) project but DOE wanted to revisit other options.
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