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Demystifying Iligan City’s Power Shortage Part 2
I have already written about the irony of Iligan City’s continuing power shortage. I would not have wanted to dwell on this again, yet the seeming indifference of the city’s power distributor and the apparent inaction of the city’s political … Continue reading
Posted in energy, mindanao, NPC and PSALM, power crisis mindanao, power shortage
Tagged Iligan City, ilpi, mindanao power crisis, NPC, power crisis, power shortage, psalm
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Mindanao: (Com)Promised Land!
There is an interesting piece of news in a national daily quoting DOE Secretary Almendras’ perceived solution to the critical power situation in Mindanao. According to Almendras, the rotating brownouts lasting one or two hours daily were primarily due to … Continue reading
If there is enough capacity, why the brown-outs?
Today, October 15, 2010, the Mindanao Grid has a dependable capacity of 1, 178.5 Mw. It also has an additional capacity of 166 Mw from the embedded generating untis. These embedded generating units are capacities of distribution utilities and/or cooperatives … Continue reading
Posted in energy, mindanao, NPC and PSALM
Tagged brown outs, DOE, energy, Iligan City, Ma. Cristina Falls, mindanao, mindanao power crisis, NAPOCOR, NGCP, power plants, privatization
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Ma. Cristina Falls: A Choice Between Nature and Energy Security
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=617969&publicationSubCategoryId=66. This is the link of the Philippine Star article yesterday. The title of the article is: Almendras to compel Mindanao power utilities to forge tieups with gencos. These are some of this blog’s concerns: •If these electric coops and … Continue reading
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Tagged brown outs, climate change, energy, Iligan City, Ma. Cristina Falls, mindanao, NAPOCOR, privatization, psalm
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Dissecting the OMA
The Operations and Maintenance Agreement or the OMA is an agreement entered into by the National Power Corporation (NPC) and PSALM. It is a devise by which PSALM is able to look into the operations of the undisposed generating assets. … Continue reading
Posted in energy, mindanao, NPC and PSALM
Tagged brown outs, DOE, energy, epira, ERC, Iligan City, Ma. Cristina Falls, mindanao, NAPOCOR, OMA, privatization, psalm, rotatiting brown outs
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Power Crisis In Mindanao: ECHEL! Brown-out, anyone?
Today I think about the countless families and households burdened by the irregular and invasive brown-outs. I think about the school children who will have to literally burn candles in order to do their homeworks. And I think about the … Continue reading
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Tagged DOE, energy, mindanao power crisis, NAPOCOR, power plants, rotating brown outs
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