Blog Posts on power crisis
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Rody: SP override wrote finis to AboitizPower imbroglio by durianburgdavao on Dec 18, 2011BY ROGER M. BALANZA Environmentalists weeping over their loss in the battle to stop the AboitizPower coal-fired power plant–but are persistent in continuing the fight–should take this cue from Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. The override...
DENR issues ECC to Aboitiz Davao City coal-fired plant by durianburgdavao on Sep 21, 2011The Environment Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South Inc. for its proposed P25 billion 300-megawatt (MW)...
Aboitiz Power P25-billion Davao City coal-fired power plant hits snag by durianburgdavao on Aug 26, 2011DUTERTE: We were made to believe that the coal-fired plant will only be using seawater. It appears, though, that 1,500 cubic meters of freshwater will be extracted daily from the underground water reservoir BY ROGER M. BALANZA After be...
BAYAN: Davao Light is ‘profit-hungry’ by durianburgdavao on Jul 13, 2011FROMTHEMAILS Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao Region assails the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) for the latest power rate hike; and the Aquino government for failing to regulate the power industry. Last May 4, the DLPC and the Ene...
Study first, MinDA chair tells anti-coal plant group by durianburgdavao on Jan 24, 2011 Cool down and study first, this was the calm advice of the chair of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) to a group opposing a proposed $400 million coal-fired power plant that AboitizPower would build in Davao City. ...
DOE urged to come clean on Mindanao power situation by Dateline Philippines on Sep 28, 2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — Advocates of reforms in the power sector have urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reveal “in clear cut terms” the actual state of electricity supply in Mindanao amid the continuing load-shedding by the Nat...
Power and Water Crisis in Summer 2011. Are We Ready? by PinoySoundingBoard on Sep 28, 2010He is known to be a business genius enjoying the admiration from the sector he has dominated for years. But San Miguel Corporation president Ramon Ang is now proving himself as a sage too. Ang shared during an interview with Inquirer last week that...
Noynoy mulling nuke power to solve Mindanao shortage by Dateline Philippines on Sep 24, 2010DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 September)—President Benigno Aquino III is seriously studying the proposal of Mindanao businessmen to tap nuclear energy in solving the impending power supply problems in Mindanao, Board of Investments (BOI) Governor Geroni...
DLPC: Higher bills up to August by durianburgdavao on May 31, 2010Consumers will be digging up their pockets for more to pay power bills up to August, as supply continues to be unstable. Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) vice president for engineering Rodger Velasco said the increased power rates will likely con...
Eleksiyon, MERALCO at tubo ng negosyo by Rising Sun on May 7, 2010N.B. – This was published in the May 7-13, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://pinoyweekly.org/new/2010/05/eleksiyon-meralco-at-tubo-ng-negosyo/. Isipin muna nating magkakaroon ng eleksiyon sa Ma...
