POWER SUPPLY SHORTAGE IN SOCOT SEEN CAUSE BY EL NINO PHENOMINON

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Power Supply Shortage in SoCot Seen Cause by El Nino-

KORONADAL CITY – September 6, 2015 – El Nino drought would see long hours power shortage in South Cotabato, the South Cotabato Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO-1) will utilize its 13-megawatt modular generator sets to fill up the impending power supply shortage in SoCot.

Santiago Tudio, General Manager of SOCOTECO-1 said that the power Cooperative has standby generator sets that would be used when the power supply need arises.

DOST – PAGASA experts said with forecast El Nino phenomenon is expected to hit the country this coming month or in the few months to go which projected to be stronger than the 1997 – 1998 dry spell State weather warned.

“We have prepared measures to ensure steady supply of power during the extra dry season or at least limit the number of hours of power interruption,” GM Tudio said.

“Start conserving energy now,” Tudio advised and told concessionaires in the city and other towns in South Cotabato.

He said beside the modular generator set that the power Cooperative owns, SOCOTECO-1 has a diesel power plant in Barangay Paraiso, Koronadal City to provide additional power for the city and nearby towns.

Also, when completed and operational, the five megawatt solar power plant in Surallah, South Cotabato could also augment power supply, Tudio said. Construction for the solar power plant has started with a German firm.

The additional power sources would mean a slight increase in consumers’ electric bills.

“While we need to shoulder additional expenses, we need to accept the fact that climate change is changing our lives.” Teacher Stella Subaron of Sto.Nino, South Cotabato in a phone interview.

“That is the reality we are facing. Electricity becomes expensive when diesel fed generators is used. It’s better this way than nothing at all,” she said in Filipino.

Tudio advised consumers to start power supply conservation now to at least cushion the impact of the dry spell.

“True enough, we have roles to play in energy conservation in our own homes. Putting these roles together means huge energy conservation,” Subaron said.

El Nino is expected to be felt this month and to level up in October to December and will slow down in early 2016, the State bureau has said. Cuidao Update - Source: (PNA)

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