The National Power Corp. (Napocor) needs at least P3 billion to rehabilitate the Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao to increase their capacities by 100-200 megawatts (MW).
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras told reporters over the weekend that he has directed Napocor “to find a way to bring the hydropower plants back to their 700-MW capacities.”
“For the rehabilitation of our hydropower facilities in Mindanao, it will cost around P2 billion. If we would like to upgrade some of our facilities, then we’re looking at spending about P3 billion,” Napocor president Froilan Tampinco said.
Tampinco said funding for the projects would be sourced from the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), the government’s privatization arm in the power sector.
“Since these facilities are part of the major grid capacities, it will have to be sourced out through PSALM,” he said.
Mindanao experienced brownouts for as long as eight hours in some areas during the summer months due to the low-water level at its hydropower facilities.
Mindanao’s power generation mix is majority composed of hydropower facilities.
Almendras had earlier said that the Agus-Pulangi hydropower facilities must be exempted from the government’s privatization program.
He said the privatization of Agus-Pulangui hydropower complex shall be left to the discretion of PSALM in consultation with Congress.
Over the weekend, Almendras told reporters that Congress has decided to hold the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex. – JE/KBK, GMANews.TV
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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