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Southern comfort: The Chamber erred

By Edwin Espejo Sun, Apr 28, 2013 9:28AM UTC 0 Comment

I was about to do a story on how much consumers of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco 2) are in part subsidizing a portion of the electricity consumption of SM City Gensan and Dole Philippines Inc when I was alerted that the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry was going to...

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Undercurrents: Behind Gensan’s power woes – Part 2

By Edwin Espejo Sun, Mar 31, 2013 6:00AM UTC 0 Comment

This is the second post in a series. To read part 1, click here. Vanishing power Until 2006, hydroelectric power sources accounted for 60 percent of the total 1,850 MW dependable capacity in Mindanao. In 2011, however, capacities from hydropower sources went down to 51 percent at 82 7MW for the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric...

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Undercurrents: Behind Gensan’s power woes – Part 1

By Edwin Espejo Sat, Mar 30, 2013 11:24PM UTC 0 Comment

Apart from Zamboanga City, General Santos City is the hardest hit by the dwindling capacity in the Mindanao power grid. The South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco 2) has been implementing two 3½ hours of daily power outages in its franchise area ever since the National Power Corporation (Napocor or NPC) issued an advisory that...

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Strong quake shakes Philippines, but no injuries

By AP News Sat, Nov 03, 2012 6:29PM UTC 0 Comment

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled the southern Philippine island of Mindanao early Saturday, but there were no reports of any injuries or damage and no tsunami warnings were issued. The quake, which hit at 2:17 a.m., had a magnitude of 6.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology...

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MINDANAO POWER OUTLOOK: Brownouts are back, hopefully not for good

By Edwin Espejo Thu, Oct 18, 2012 8:07AM UTC 0 Comment

When the 210 coal-fired power plant of STEAG in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental began its annual preventive maintenance services, the Mindanao grid, already at last 140 megawatts (MW) short in supply, was again placed under rotational power interruptions. Power outages of up to 2 hours in most parts of Mindanao reminded all residents here that the...

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