DIPOLOG
CITY – Mindanao may become power-sufficient by 2015, according
to Atty. Cynthia P. Alabanza, spokesperson and adviser for external affairs of
the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
In a
recent media briefing and press conference with the local press here, Atty.
Alabanza said the NGCP has nothing to do with the rotating brownout plaguing
Mindanao nowadays because the problem lies mainly in the power supply. She,
however, told the media practitioners that the power problem in the island is
now being addressed and it is expected to be over by 2015 with the completion
of new power plants.
Presently,
the power consumers in this part of the country have to bear with rotating
brownouts ranging from four to six hours each day except for the service area
of the Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative (ZANECO).
ZANECO
has been able to tap other power source to cushion the impact of power
rationing by the National Power Corporation (NPC) due to limited supply.
Other
NGCP officials attending the media briefing were Engr. Eric Vincent Cariaga,
operations and maintenance head for District 1 in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur,
Mr. Guillermo R. Redoblado, technical adviser to the NGCP President and CEO and
Ms. Elizabeth Ladaga of NGCP’s Public Affairs Division.
The
media practitioners present in said activity were Zamboanga del Norte Press
Club president Rosemarie P. Miranda, “Kapihan sa Dipolog” program hosts Editha
P. Tomong, Edgar Sorronda and Paul James Jauculan, Tingog Peninsula
Editor-Publisher Eduardo de la Cerna, Philippine Information Agency
(PIA)-Zamboanga del Norte head Alfonso T. Ruda, RMN-dxDR manager Richard
Villaronte, dxAA Manager Jett Opilac and other radio reporters. (PIA9)
