THE power provider in Occidental Mindoro announced plans to shut down operations because its local fuel supplier has refused to further increase its unpaid debts, Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (OMECO) Board of Directors President Rodolfo Plopinio said.

In the letter of Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corp. (OMCPC) to OMECO Inc., OMCPC said 'Please be informed that our plant can only operate up to June 1,2022 at 0600 hrs, if we will continue to operate our 3 gensets at full capacity. This is in connection with our previous letter informing you that the plant will cease operation due to the reason that our fuel supplier will no longer deliver fuel to our plant site unless we settle our payments to them. Our existing fuel stock in the plant will only last up to the said date and we do not have any choice but to shutdown our plant operations.'