TWO power generation companies and an electric cooperative have secured an extension of their respective certificates of compliance (CoC) from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), allowing them to operate for a few more years.
In a statement on Friday, the ERC identified the companies as generators Mindoro Grid Corp. and AP Renewables, Inc., and the electric cooperative as Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc.
The ERC said the renewal is subject to “strict compliance with financial, environmental, and technical standards.”
It said the certificates are issued in favor of a person or entity to operate a power plant or other facilities used in generation of electricity under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA) and Section 4 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of EPIRA.
Mindoro Grid, which is in Igacos, Davao del Norte, operates diesel generating units with a total capacity of 7.56 megawatts (MW). The extention of its CoC allows the company to operate until May 22, 2022.
AP Renewables runs the Makban Binary geothermal power plant in Sto. Tomas, Batangas and has a capacity of 7 MW. Its certificate is extended until Nov. 6, 2021.
The Oriental Mindoro utility operates a diesel generating units with a capacity of 2.175 MW in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro. Its certificate is valid until until May 23, 2022.
Commissioner Alfredo J. Non, the commission’s officer-in-charge, said the renewal of the certificates “will aid in ensuring a stable and reliable power supply in the country.”
ERC said the renewal and issuance of the certificates for the three entities had been previously deferred because of the preventive suspension of ERC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jose Vicente B. Salazar. — Victor V. Saulon
