Mt. Province SP endorses Besao hydro dam project

By Juliet B. Saley

BESAO, Mt. Province -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan  recently  passed a resolution endorsing the proposal of BIMAKA Renewable Energy Development Corporation, Inc.  to develop, construct and operate a mini-hydro electric project in this municipality.

           

The  BIMAKA is a company composed of homegrown professionals  who  studied hydro-electric potentials of the western part of this municipality.

           

A mini-hydro electric project along the Layacan River and its tributaries located in the western part of the municipality specifically in barangays Tamboan, Laylaya and Catengan would boost the province’s power reserves, they said.

           

The project was endorsed by the three barangays  andBesao  municipal government   through its Sangguniang Bayan.

           

In their resolution, the SP presided by Vice Gov. Simeon Lacwasan  said one of major development projects of the province is the availability of reasonably priced electricity.

           

The body added there was need to develop the indigenous renewable energy sources of this province for power generation in order to have an alternative source of affordable and reasonably priced electricity for its inhabitants and to sustain the economic activities and possibly for further industrial development in the province.

           

In favorably endorsing the proposal of BIMAKA, the SP said the project is  subject to compliance to the Indigenous People’s Right Act, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2011, as well as the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 and other relevant laws.