Tupas said a call center will be put up at the back of the Iloilo Sports Complex at Magsaysay Village and will hire hundreds of employees from the locality.
He added that more investors are coming in with the opening of the New Iloilo Airport of International Standards in Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan, Iloilo.
"We're worried if there is enough power supply here two to three years from now," Tupas said.
Tupas said there is a pending application for a P300-million power plant in the town of Concepcion, which could augment the supply of the National Power Corporation's (NPC's) Cebu-Negros-Panay Grid.
"We really need a power plant here," Tupas reiterated.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Government has shifted its connection from the Panay Electric Company (Peco) to the state-owned NPC grid through the Philippine Foremost Milling Corporation's post.
It filed a petition for such change because of power unreliability.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) granted this petition.
Connection works will start this week upon the arrival of personnel from the National Transmission Company and NPC.
Earlier, Tupas said the Provincial Government can save P600,000 a month on its electric bill once it's directly connected with the NPC. Presently, its electric bill with Peco reaches P1.2 million a month.
