The Department of Energy (DOE) has thrown its support behind moves to construct a coal-fired power plant within the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) facility in Morong, Bataan.

Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said as long as the coal-fired power plant proposed by the Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) is at a safe distance from the BNPP, he will endorse it.

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