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==Napocor considering PPP deals for off-grid areas== | |||
*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/top-business-news/18752-napocor-considering-ppp-deals-for-off-grid-areas | |||
*Thursday, March 08, 2012 | |||
:by Euan Paulo C. Añonuevo | |||
The National Power Corp. (Napocor) plans to tap public-private partnership (PPP) to pursue the development of power facilities in off-grid areas in the country. Froilan Tampinco, Napocor president, said that the company’s unit, the Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG), needs P15.6 | |||
billion in investments for the next 10 years. | |||
“We are focusing in public-private partnership opportunities as much as generation is concerned. But if there are PPPs for transmission, of course we are open to discuss that,” he added. Of the amount, he said that P9.5 billion would go to the establishment of an additional 145-megawatt (MW) power generating capacity; and P6.1 billion would be needed for necessary transmission facilities to distribute this load. | |||
SPUG operates 288 power plants in far-flung areas, islands and other isolated locations not connected to the country’s transmission grid where the output of major generating facilities passes. At present, the total generating capacity of SPUG is placed at 150 MW. | |||
These so-called SPUG areas are subsidized by consumers through the Universal Charge for Missionary Electrification component of electricity bills, which is around P0.11 per kilowatt-hour, because of high fuel cost and limited markets compared with locations within the main grid’s reach. | |||
The Napocor official earlier said that they have identified 14 SPUG areas for privatization. These areas include Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Palawan, Catanduanes, Bantayan, Masbate, Tablas, Romblon, Camotes, Siquijor, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan and Sulu. | |||
==3 Marinduque nursing students pass board exams== | ==3 Marinduque nursing students pass board exams== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171330682395 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171330682395 | ||
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”We can proudly say this is an affirmation that SAM has a good potential and should continue educating aspiring nurses of our province,” Lagran said. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B Marinduque) | ”We can proudly say this is an affirmation that SAM has a good potential and should continue educating aspiring nurses of our province,” Lagran said. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B Marinduque) | ||
==Montenegro Shipping Acquires Ro-Ro Vessel== | ==Montenegro Shipping Acquires Ro-Ro Vessel== | ||