CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines - Because Mindanao’s power sources are mainly hydro-based, its energy rate is lower by 30-40 percent than the mixed generation costs of Luzon and Visayas. This is why Mindanao residents are against the sale of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex, which...

A HYDROPOWER generation advocate is asking the Department of Energy (DoE) to push further cleaner energy development on the island. Because of hydropower, generation cost on the island is about a third cheaper compared with the mixed generation cost in the Visayas and Luzon grids, said...