Philippine
Daily Inquirer / 12:06 AM February 13, 2017
Six electric
cooperatives in Mindanao have started their shift toward a more balanced mix of
energy sources starting this year as it signed up for renewable energy supply
with Aboitiz Power Corp.’s subsidiary, Hedcor.
Zamboanga del Sur
Electric Cooperatives 1 and 2, Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative,
Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative, Misamis Occidental I Electric Cooperative
and Siargao Electric Cooperative have signed renewable energy supply contracts
with Hedcor which is building the 68.8-megawatt Manolo Fortich hydro power
project in Bukidnon.
The project is slated
for completion this year.
“We are happy to have provided the electric
cooperatives in Mindanao with the renewable energy option,” Hedcor vice
president for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao said in a statement. “By
signing up with Hedcor, they are giving their member-consumers the benefits of
renewable energy and of a balanced mix of energy sources.”
Hedcor has signed up a
total of 23MW of power contracted by its existing customers. Out of this,
Zaneco, which serves the area in and around Zamboanga del Norte and the cities
of Dipolog and Dapitan, signed for a total of 10 MW.
Zamsureco 1 and
Zamsureco 2 which services the rest of Zamboanga peninsula signed for 3 MW
each.
Buseco, with franchise
locations all over Bukidnon, signed for 5 MW, while Moelci 1, currently
servicing certain municipalities in Misamis Occidental and Siarelco, covering
nine towns in Siargao, each signed for 1 MW of power supply.
“We hope other electric
cooperatives will take advantage of renewable energy to add to their portfolio
and the benefits of a renewable energy supply contract,” Pacquiao said. —DAXIM L. LUCAS
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