Many areas in Mindanao suffer rotating 12-hour blackouts due to the island's woefully inadequate power supply. The island is forecast to continue suffering from a 200-megawatt power deficit until 2015, when the private sector begins to operate new capacity. Aboitiz Equity Ventures, a publicly listed holdings company, has committed to supplying 1,200 megawatts through a coal-fired plant on the border of Davao City and Davao del Sur that is slated for operation by 2018. The Agus-Pulangui hydropower complex, which supplies more than half of Mindanao's power supply, is currently producing only 635 megawatts of its 982 megawatt capacity due to the heavy siltation of the rivers that power the complex. Zamboanga City, an urbanized center in southwest Mindanao, is expected to begin experience daily three-hour brownouts due to the National Power Corporation's decision to reduce power supply in the city by 10 megawatts.
many areas in mindanao suffer rotating 12-hour blackouts due to the island's woefully inadequate power supply the island is forecast to continue suffering from a 200-megawatt power deficit until 2015 when the private sector begins to operate new capacity aboitiz equity ventures a publicly listed holdings company has committed to supplying 1200 megawatts through a coal-fired plant on the border of davao city and davao del sur that is slated for operation by 2018 the agus-pulangui hydropower complex which supplies more than half of mindanao's power supply is currently producing only 635 megawatts of its 982 megawatt capacity due to the heavy siltation of the rivers that power the complex zamboanga city an urbanized center in southwest mindanao is expected to begin experience daily three-hour brownouts due to the national power corporation's decision to reduce power supply in the city by 10 megawatts