The newly created Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) has urged the public to brace for possible outages in some Mindanao areas as the 210MW coal-fired power plant in Misamis Oriental goes on preventive maintenance shutdown starting October 6.
In a meeting convened by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), Department of Energy (DOE) and agencies comprising the committee, the MPMC moved to take on immediate and medium term steps to stabilize the power situation in Mindanao.
STEAG State Power Inc., which operates the 210MW coal-fired power plant, had earlier announced the scheduled preventive maintenance shutdown for its two electric generation units, one with 105MW capacity to start on October 6 to November 4, and the other 105MW unit to go offline on October 29 until November 10.
Considered as the most modern and the biggest in Mindanao on a per unit capacity, STEAG coal-fired power plant has so far delivered more than 8.3 billion kWh of electricity and currently accounts for 20% of the Mindanao grid.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) puts the island-region’s system capacity at only 1045 megawatts (MW) in its latest weekly power outlook bulletin, 187 MW short of the Mindanao grid’s 1242 MW system load.
“Better coordination among agencies concerned and engaging the Mindanao stakeholders should characterize our efforts to address the power problem,” said Secretary Luwalhati Antonino in a statement.
MPMC is composed of MinDA, DoE, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), National Electrification Administration (NEA), National Power Corporation (NPC), Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) and representatives from MEPA and the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (AMRECO). [MinDA]
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