2 new hydropower plants to boost Mindanao power
STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur (PNA) – Two more run-of-river hydropower plants will be developed by hydropower generation forerunner Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. (HIS) here, in response to the power situation in Mindanao.
Hedcor vice president for business development Gregorio Jabonillo said the two hydropower plants will be developed at Sitio Tudaya in Barangay Sibulan tapping the Baroring and Sibulan Rivers and in the villages of Astorga and Jose Rizal tapping the Sibulan River.
Jabonillo said these two projects were endorsed by this municipality during the recently held 11th regular session of the Sangguniang Bayan.
The proposal was also previously given a “go signal” by its host communities, the village councils of Astorga and Jose Rizal and their respective tribal councils, namely the Municipal Tribal Council and Tribal Councils of Upper Tudaya and Jose Rizal, he said.
Jabonillo said the proposed expansion is in response to the current power situation and the impending power crisis in Mindanao, where both Davao del Sur and Davao City are much affected.
“We thank the host communities for welcoming the project. However, this is just the beginning of a long process of putting up a hydropower plant. Permits from the provincial council and other concerned government agencies are still to be tackled,” Jabonillo said.
Aside from additional clean energy generation capacity of the project to its stakeholders, the project promises more social and environmental benefits to its host communities through its corporate social responsibility programs.
HSI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower. It is similar to its sister company Hedcor, Inc., is known as partner of choice in the communities.
Meanwhile, HSI was granted recently by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) a certificate of compliance (CoC) for the operation of its 25-megawatt Hydropower Plant B upstream Sibulan River in Sta. Cruz.
The certificate is a requirement for any power generating facility before commercial operations.
“Hedcor Sibulan Plant B is a welcome addition to the supply of electricity in Mindanao,” ERC chairperson Zenaida Cruz-Ducut said.
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