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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Transco pledges sufficient power in Cebu ‘before and after’ summit
The National Transmission Corp. (Transco) said yesterday there will be sufficient power for the Asean summit in December.
Transco president Dr. Alan Ortiz said that to ensure stable power supply for Cebu, the state firm had transferred Power Barge 101 from Iloilo to Cebu.
The power barge, with a full capacity of 32 megawatts, is now docked beside the Muelle Osmeña wharf in Lapu-Lapu City.
“There will be more than sufficient power before and after the Asean summit,” Ortiz said in a press conference at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
He said Transco has decided to bring the barge back to Cebu after completing repairs on the facility. Power Barge 101 was brought to Cebu in December 2004.
He said the local government in Iloilo had opposed the transfer but Cebu needs the facility more, especially with the Asean summit.
He said the barge will undergo the usual pre-trial and will most likely become operational either by the end of October or early November.
“But in the meantime, I haven’t heard of any report regarding insufficient supply, after that Leyte incident,” he said.
In another development, Ortiz said he has not received any order to replace him as Transco chief.
He said, thought, that he has heard rumors about his dismissal.
“Transco is doing very well, so my position has become very attractive,” he said. He added that talks that the Aboitizes were involved in his rumored dismissal from service “was one of the theories that (he) did not care to verify.”
“My (major) goal is to see through the (Transco) privatization. I don’t think (President Arroyo) would do that at this crucial stage (in the process),” he said.
Aside from divesting its sub-transmission assets, Transco is in the process of conducting a bidding for private participation in the operation and maintenance of its transmission facilities.
The bid is expected to be completed by December. (LAP)
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