Mindanao energy plan being mapped

Efforts to lay down a long-term energy plan to ensure sustainable power regime for Mindanao could also prepare the island for spatial development initiatives being pursued under a corridors program approach.

“The Mindanao Energy Plan [MEP] sets specific strategies in support of the energy requirements of the Mindanao 2020, especially under its Mindanao Corridors Development,” said Jesus Tamang, director of the Energy Policy and Planning Bureau of the Department of Energy (DOE), during the first leg of series of MEP regional consultations which kicked-off in Cagayan de Oro City recently.