DMCI Power building P600-M Palawan facility

MANILA, Philippines – DMCI Power Corp. is building a 2 x4.95 megawatt bunker-fired power plant in Aborlan, Palawan to stabilize electricity supply in the area which is under the franchise of Palawan Electric Cooperative Inc. (Paleco).

DMCI Power president Nestor Dadivas said the plant is expected to commence operations by yearend.

 “We are investing approximately P600 million in Aborlan to address the continuing increase in electricity demand in the province due to the rise of local tourism and commercial establishments,” he said.

Aborlan is a first class municipality located 69 kilometers south of Puerto Princesa City, with an estimated population of over 32,000.

The new plant comes at a time when only 5,400 of the 7,263 households in the municipality have electricity connections as of the end of June this year.

Established in 2006, DMCI Power provides sufficient and reliable electricity to areas that are not connected to the main transmission grid.

The company also provides power to Masbate, Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and Sultan Kudarat through supply contracts with electric cooperatives.

To date, DMCI Power has a total contracted capacity of about 56 MW.

The company has also been expanding its energy portfolio through renewable energy projects.

Renewable energy are hydropower, solar, biomass, wind and geothermal.

DMCI Power is looking at identifying possible areas for its planned hydropower and biomass facilities.

Government incentives as well as prevailing market conditions that make it conducive for renewable energy investments are among the reasons that convinced the company to expand into renewable energy.

It was in 2014 when DMCI Power commissioned its 15 megawatt-diesel plant in Mindoro as well as the dieselpower requirements of the National Power Corp., for El Nido in Palawan.

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