Sunday, November 18, 2007 (Philippines)

Find ways to make public service better, Senate President Manuel Villar tells new barangay and youth officials in Mandaue City.(Sun.star photo/Arni Aclao) CEBU needs more reliable power supply, as widespread brownouts showed last week. In three years, the demand for power is projected to reach 700 megawatts, or double the current average demand. A Toledo City-based independent power producer (IPP) is offering electricity from its diesel-powered plant at a “break-even” rate as one immediate solution for supply fluctuations in the National Power Corp. (Napocor). The same IPP is building next year a 246-megawatt thermal plant that will use clean coal technology. The plant will be ready by 2010, said Global Business Power Corp. project manager Edecio Satina. [full story]