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Philippines Geothermal Company Assesses Typhoon Damage (Business Mirror)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

First Gen Corp. (FGP), parent company of  Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is now assessing the extent of damage to its assets destroyed by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name Haiyan), including its geothermal plant in Leyte.

First Gen President Francis Giles B. Puno said here on Tuesday that they are not only focused on bringing back the facilities to normal, but also aid in the relief missions and repair of transmission line towers that destroyed parts of Western Visayas region feared to have claimed 10,000 people.

“In our case come of our power plants were damaged in the storm. So we will have to go through a process of repairing all the damaged portions of the plants,” the top executive said.

“It’s not only our plants, but also the transmission line system, wherein you have a number of towers that basically was destroyed. So I think it will be a situation where the Lopez Group will be very proactive in assisting not only in the repair of our own assets, including our plants in Leyte, but also could extent possible where we can assist also in the relief efforts as an immediate step, and then also with respect to getting more power connected to the load centers,” he added.

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