Iligan plant to give Mindanao additional 98 mw

                              

   Iligan City – The Alcantara –owned Mapalad Power Corp . (MPC) will be able to give Mindanao a full demand capacity of 98 megawatts.

   This was the assurance of Engr Ruben Ramilo, Manager here of MPC, which is located at Mapalad,Dalipuga.

   Ramilo said their plants are presently giving 58 mw as the rehabilitation of the plants are still ongoing . But  it will be finished and soon and will have a full capacity of 98mw.

   Although this is only about eight percent of Mindanao’s power needs, he said they seek to help solve  the power crisis.

    The Iligan Light and Power Inc. has contacted 10mw from MPC,he said.

   The Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Laneco) has not contracted it, he said Lanao del Norte is experiencing about seven hours of daily blackouts.

   The plant was was first built by the Northern Mindanao Power Corp. (NMPC) under a build-operate transfer scheme during the Ramos administration to meet the rising  demand for power in the island.

    When the economy showed  down in the late 1990s, many industries in Mindanao closed down.”,Ramilo said.

   In time, ownership of the NMPC  passed on to the National power Corp. Napocor then became delinquent in paying the real property taxes due the city.

   In 1998,the city government took over  and sold the plant that became known as  the Iligan Diesel Power Plant 1 &2.

   It was then bought by the Alcantaras and is now known as Mapalad Power Corp.

   “We are here to return. We are here to stay    (Press Release)