DESPITE the enhanced community
quarantine, HEDCOR is still producing enough power for Luzon areas.
“Hedcor has a special
significance in this crisis and it requires a special responsibility. Despite
the challenging situation, Hedcor is practicing facility quarantine in all its
hydro plants in Benguet, Mt. Province and Ilocos Sur to ensure unimpeded supply
of power,” Justin Lee, a hydropower plant manager said.
Arnold Tandoc, plant manager
in Ilocos Sur said with Hedcor is fulfilling its duty to stakeholders -- to not
only provide clean and renewable energy but also make sure it is uninterrupted.
“Members of our operations
and maintenance team are divided into groups, and FQ requires them to stay at
different facilities for 15 days straight alternately. This reduces exposure of
the team members-- keeping them, their families and our facilities COVID-19
free,” Ariel Salipan, plant manager said.
Plant manager, Dondi Laban, added, “FQ is operating in
compliance to the ECQ being implemented by the government. With that said, our
power plant operators' safety is also our utmost priority. Face-to-face
interactions with them are limited. Health check of the team under FQ and
disinfection of the facilities are done on a regular basis.
Even with ECQ, Hedcor’s
11 run-of-river hydropower plants in Luzon continue to generate a total 142MW
of clean and renewable energy.
Hedcor also
implemented the work from home scheme for its support departments. To date,
around 82 percent of Hedcor’s workforce now working from home as a result of the ECQ.
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